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# AI Transcription
> Automatically turn speech in video and audio into searchable, time-linked transcripts in 160 languages.
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.
[Upload a video or audio file](/docs/getting-started/uploading-and-organizing) to an Aspect project. You can add an individual file or upload an entire folder.
Aspect begins processing the file automatically after the upload finishes.
Aspect creates the transcript in the background. You do not need to start transcription manually.
Processing time depends on the size and length of the file. You can continue working while transcription runs.
Select the video or audio file to open it in the viewer.
Select the **Transcript** tab to see everything that was said.
The transcript follows playback and highlights the current words as the media plays.
A transcript may become available before the rest of the file finishes AI indexing. Search results continue to improve as processing completes.
## 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.
Open a video or audio file and select the **Transcript** tab.
Search for the word or phrase you remember.
Step through each matching result in the transcript.
Select a match to move playback to the moment where it was spoken.
## Export a transcript
You can export a transcript when you need to use it outside Aspect as VTT, SRT, TXT, and Markdown.
Open the video or audio file containing the transcript.
Select the **Transcript** tab.
Choose the transcript export option and save the transcript to your computer.
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.
Find spoken and visual moments across your media using plain English.
## 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.
Ask questions and reason across multiple transcripts.
## 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.
Find files and matching moments using spoken and visual content.
## 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](https://trust.aspect.inc/).
## Related guides
Add files and learn what happens after upload.
Search spoken and visual content across your media.
Ask questions and reason across multiple transcripts.
Play media, follow transcripts, and leave feedback.