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Speaker Identification for Transcripts

Label speakers in your media transcripts to save for future use.

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Written by Katie
Updated over a week ago

Note

Speaker detection is available on all Wistia plans.

With speaker identification enabled, transcript dialogue is organized by speaker name. Speaker names can then be edited and saved for future use in your Speaker Library.

Label speakers

Click on any speaker label in the transcript to add an existing or create a new speaker name.

Labeling one speaker instance will apply that name to all other dialogue from that speaker.

Hide speakers from viewers

To hide existing speaker names for a single media, select “Hide speakers from viewers” in the ellipsis dropdown menu.

Speaker names will be hidden on the media page and in other instances where the transcript is visible. You can restore the names at any time by returning to the dropdown menu and selecting “Show speakers to viewers”; all previous speaker information will be retained.

Speaker Library

Your Speaker Library contains all existing speaker names, along with speaker bios and media in which they’re mentioned. To access your Speaker Library, navigate to the “Speakers” tab in your account settings.

Here, you can add new speakers to use in future transcripts, edit speaker information and bios, and delete speakers.

The “Used in” column contains the number of media in which the given speaker is currently used as a label. Click on the media count to navigate to any of the listed media.

Account-level settings

In addition to managing speakers in the Speaker Library, Account Owners can configure automatic speaker identification for all media from the “Account” tab in their account settings.

When enabled, speakers will be automatically identified in all existing and future media transcripts. You can still disable speaker information for individual media.

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