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Retranscribe a video by choosing the language that was spoken under Transcript language and clicking Update. You’ll find it in the editor’s Setup panel and in the Script panel’s More actions menu. Use it when Tella detected the wrong language or to apply new transcript dictionary terms.
Retranscribing does not translate your video. The Transcript language setting tells Tella which language to transcribe the audio from. It must match what was actually spoken in the video. Selecting English for a Spanish-language recording will not produce English subtitles; use subtitle translations instead.

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When is my transcript ready?

Tella generates the transcript after your video finishes uploading and processing. Your transcript is ready when the Script panel shows words and/or captions are available on the video.
  • Recorded clips usually transcribe automatically within a minute or two of processing.
  • Uploaded files can occasionally fail to transcribe, depending on the audio format. If the transcript doesn’t appear after the video is fully uploaded and processed, try retranscribing below.
  • If you’re waiting a long time, make sure the upload has finished. Check the video’s page for a processing indicator and try refreshing.
If captions appear on your video but the Script panel still shows no words after the video has fully processed, contact support. This is not expected and we can investigate. (A brief delay between subtitles appearing and the Script panel loading is normal.)
Tella transcribes each clip’s audio individually. For uploaded video files, this includes the file’s audio track. For clips recorded in Tella, audio playing inside a screen recording (for example, a browser tab or another app) is not transcribed separately. Transcription uses the microphone audio captured with the clip.

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How to retranscribe

  1. Open your video in the Tella editor.
  2. Click Setup in the left toolbar and find Transcript language. Or open the Script panel with the Toggle sidebar button at the right end of the playbar (or press Shift + S), open More actions, and click Transcript language.
  3. Select the language that matches what was spoken in the video.
  4. Click Update.
The button shows Updating… while Tella processes the transcription. Once complete, your video’s transcript and subtitles refresh automatically.

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When to retranscribe

  • Wrong language detected: If the auto-detected language doesn’t match what was spoken, select the correct language and update.
  • Mixed languages across clips: If your video has multiple clips with different transcript languages, the Setup panel shows Your clips have mixed languages. Select a language to re-transcribe all clips. Select the single language that was spoken to unify the transcript across all clips.
  • Improve accuracy: If you’ve added terms to your transcript dictionary, retranscribing will apply those terms to the new transcription.

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Does retranscribing translate my video?

No. Changing Transcript language does not translate your recording. To add subtitles in another language for viewers, see Translate subtitles into another language.
Last modified on September 28, 2026