How to redact speech using the transcript in the Pimloc Redact Video Editor
The transcript shows everything said in your video as text. This page explains how to open it, redact words and speakers, search it, edit it, change timestamps, download it, and use the PII and Flagged speech tabs.
When you redact words in the transcript, Pimloc mutes or bleeps the same moments in the video's audio. It's usually quicker than finding the words on the waveform by ear.
For an audio file, the transcript opens on its own page instead. See How to redact an audio file using its transcript.
How to use the Transcript Panel in the Video Editor’s Sidebar
Click Transcript in the tools on the left. The transcript opens in a panel next to the video.
The panel has three parts:
The Search bar at the top, with search, the redact buttons, the lock and download.
The Transcript = each block of speech shows its start time, its speaker and what was said.
The tabs at the bottom: PII, Speakers and Flagged speech.
Click a word to move the video to the moment it's said. The word being spoken is highlighted as the video plays.
If the file has no transcript, the panel says so. To get one, click Generate transcript.
How to redact words and relevant audio
There are three ways to do this:
1) Select a word or phrase in the transcript. A small menu appears next to it. Click Redact. To undo it, select the words again and click Unredact. The matching audio redaction is removed or shortened.
2) Search the transcript using the Search bar. Matches are highlighted in yellow, and the toolbar shows how many there are, for example "2 / 5". Use the arrows, or press Enter and Shift + Enter, to move between them.
Search ignores capital letters and finds matches inside longer words. For example, "art" finds "start" and "Art".
Match whole word only finds the word on its own. With it on, "art" finds "Art" but not "start". You can also type the word in quotes, such as "art".
To redact what you've found:
Redact current result redacts the highlighted match.
Redact all results redacts every match.
Both add audio redactions. To undo a search redaction, select the words and click Unredact.
3) Use the PII tab at the bottom of the panel. It lists the personal information found in the transcript, such as names, places, dates and organisations, grouped by type.
Tick a word to redact every place it appears, in the transcript and the audio.
Tick a type, such as Person, to redact every word of that type.
Click a word to jump to it in the transcript. If it appears more than once, use the arrows next to it to step through each one.
Untick to unredact.
How to redact words and relevant audio
There are three ways to do this:
1) Select a word or phrase in the transcript. A small menu appears next to it. Click Redact. To undo it, select the words again and click Unredact. The matching audio redaction is removed or shortened.
2) Search the transcript using the Search bar. Matches are highlighted in yellow, and the toolbar shows how many there are, for example "2 / 5". Use the arrows, or press Enter and Shift + Enter, to move between them.
Search ignores capital letters and finds matches inside longer words. For example, "art" finds "start" and "Art".
Match whole word only finds the word on its own. With it on, "art" finds "Art" but not "start". You can also type the word in quotes, such as "art".
To redact what you've found:
Redact current result redacts the highlighted match.
Redact all results redacts every match.
Both add audio redactions. To undo a search redaction, select the words and click Unredact.
3) Use the PII tab at the bottom of the panel. It lists the personal information found in the transcript, such as names, places, dates and organisations, grouped by type.
Tick a word to redact every place it appears, in the transcript and the audio.
Tick a type, such as Person, to redact every word of that type.
Click a word to jump to it in the transcript. If it appears more than once, use the arrows next to it to step through each one.
Untick to unredact.