AI Transcription

Aspect automatically transcribes speech in your video and audio files. There is no separate transcription job to configure and no transcript file to upload. Add a file to Aspect and transcription begins automatically in the background. When the transcript is ready, you can read it alongside the media, search for spoken words, and click any word to jump to that exact moment.

​

Video transcription

Open the transcript beside the media to read, search, and jump to spoken moments.

​

160 supported languages

Aspect automatically transcribes video and audio in 160 languages. Upload your media and Aspect creates a searchable, time-linked transcript automatically. There is no transcription job to create or language-specific workflow to start. Once processed, spoken content becomes available in the transcript, AI Search, and Aspect Agent.

​

Follow playback with the transcript

The transcript is connected directly to playback. Use it to:

• Read along while the file plays.
• Find a quote without scrubbing through the entire file.
• Click any word to jump to that exact moment.

The transcript stays synchronized as you play, pause, or move through the media.

​

Search within a transcript

Use transcript search when you know a word, name, phrase, or topic that was discussed in the current file.

​

Export a transcript

You can export a transcript when you need to use it outside Aspect as VTT, SRT, TXT, and Markdown. Exported transcripts can be used for interview notes, production documents, quote selection, accessibility workflows, and other tasks outside Aspect.

​

Speaker detection

Aspect automatically detects speakers while creating a transcript. Speaker detection makes interviews, meetings, panels, podcasts, and other conversations easier to follow. It also gives AI Search and Aspect Agent more context when working with spoken content.

​

Search spoken content across files

Transcript search finds words inside the file you currently have open. Use AI Search when you want to find spoken content across the project. You can search for an exact phrase or describe the topic you remember. Example searches include:

• interview clips where someone mentions the budget
• conversations about the product launch
• the CEO discussing next quarter

AI Search returns matching files and takes you to the relevant moment inside each one.

​

Ask questions about transcripts

Aspect Agent can read and compare transcripts across the current project. Use Aspect Agent when you want to do more than find a phrase:

• Summarize the main points from this interview.
• What concerns did people raise about the launch date?

Aspect Agent can combine transcript information with visual analysis, filenames, metadata, comments, folders, and collections.

​

Track transcription progress

Files that are still processing show an indicator in the project view. Open an asset to see what is ready and what is still in progress. Transcription may finish before visual analysis, metadata extraction, or other indexing tasks. If a recently uploaded file does not have a transcript yet:

• Confirm that the upload finished.
• Check the asset’s processing status.
• Allow additional time for long video or audio files.
• Refresh the asset after processing completes.

​

When a file changes

If you replace a file with a new version, Aspect automatically processes the updated content again. The transcript, search results, playback copy, and other generated information update to reflect the new file. You do not need to start transcription again manually. Your original file is never modified during transcription or AI indexing.

​

AI processing and privacy

AI-generated metadata is logically isolated by workspace and is not shared across customers. Customer media is used to provide the requested AI features, not to train Aspect’s or its AI service providers’ models. Folders and projects can be excluded from AI indexing. Learn more at trust.aspect.inc.

​

Related guides