Adding Time Codes

Time codes are marks that you can put into the text of your transcripts that link the video and the transcript. They are useful for synchronizing a transcript with the video and are essential for defining the start and end points for analytically interesting clips within a larger video.

You can right-click on a portion of the transcript to play that section in the video screen. If you play the video on its own, it will highlight the transcript as you go along, as long as you are not in Edit mode.

1. Specify a position in the Video and a position in the Transcript by pausing the Video at the spot you want. Or select the precise spot you want in the sound Visualization window, and then click on the appropriate spot in the Transcript to position the editing cursor.
2. When the correct video position is displayed in the sound Visualization window and the transcript cursor is in the correct position in a Transcript that is in Edit mode, insert a time code by pressing the "Current" button in the sound Visualization window or by pressing Ctrl-T while in the Transcript window.