The Speaker library is where you can add and manage speakers that appear across your content (e.g., webinars, media, and transcripts). Instead of repeatedly entering the same speaker names, titles, bios, and photos every time you create content, you can select speakers from your library.
The Speaker library consolidates your speakers and keeps speaker information synchronized everywhere they appear.
Access your Speaker library
To access your Speaker library, navigate to the “Speakers” tab in your account settings.
Note
Only Account Owners and Managers can access the Speakers page. Standard users and users who have "Can manage" permission on a folder can still choose existing speakers from the library when labeling media, transcripts, and webinars.
Here, you can add new speakers, edit speaker details, and delete speakers.
Add a new speaker
You can add a new speaker to your library by navigating to Settings, then clicking "Speakers." From here, click "Add new speaker."
After filling out the speaker's details, click "Add speaker." The speaker will then appear in the Speaker library and anywhere in the account where speakers can be added.
Tip
Speaker profiles don't have a separate company field. To show a speaker's company, add it to their Job title (for example, "VP of Marketing, Wistia") or their Bio.
Speakers can be added to:
Transcripts (See Speaker Identification for Transcripts)
Media pages (See Media Management)
Webinar Registration pages and Event rooms (See Webinar Overview Page)
Tip
Speakers created via transcripts, media pages, and webinars will automatically be added to the library.
Manage speakers
From the "Speakers" page in your settings, click "Edit" next to a speaker.
In the Edit speaker window that appears, you can make changes to the speaker's profile, such as:
Uploading, replacing, or removing their Profile image
Updating their Full name, Job title, and Bio
Adding or editing social media profile URLs
Deleting their profile
Note
Deleting a speaker removes them from every webinar, media page, and transcript where they appear. Check the "Used in" column before you delete a speaker.
Note
Editing a speaker will update all instances where the speaker appears.
The “Used in” column in the Speaker library contains the number of media and/or webinars in which the given speaker is currently used as a label. Click the media or webinar count to see where the speaker appears.
Tip
For information on labeling or hiding speakers within a transcript, visit Speaker Identification for Transcripts.
Avoid duplicate speakers
The Speaker library doesn't merge speakers who share a name, because two different people can have the same name. If you click "Add new speaker" for someone who is already in your library (for example, when setting up each new webinar), you'll end up with a second copy of that speaker.
To keep your library clean, select the existing speaker instead of adding a new one. To clean up duplicates:
In the Speaker library, click the "Used in" count for the duplicate to see where it appears.
In each of those webinars or media, replace the duplicate with the speaker you want to keep.
Once "Used in" shows no content, delete the duplicate.