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Review and correct a paired transcript

Find your transcript, correct its text through the owner fingerprint editor, and reopen the saved revision.

Before you start: A signed-in Choirboy account with an owned fingerprint and its editable paired transcript.

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Step by step

  1. Find the paired transcript

    Open My transcripts. Check the recording, language, and revision to find the transcript you want.

    Review your paired transcript in Choirboy

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    1. Stored transcript revision
  2. Open the matching fingerprint editor

    Choose My fingerprints, then Open editor for the same recording. Scroll to the transcript beside the fingerprint timeline.

    Find the transcript beside the fingerprint in Choirboy

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    1. Paired transcript text
  3. Select a transcript segment

    Choose the segment to edit. Review its text and timing in the inspector.

    Select the segment and inspect its timing in Choirboy

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    1. Edit the selected segment
    2. Check its timing label
  4. Apply the correction

    Edit the text and choose Apply text correction. Continue to Save transcript correction to store the change.

    Apply the punctuation correction in Choirboy

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    1. Apply the correction
  5. Save the transcript correction

    Choose Save transcript correction. Wait for the visible saved confirmation before leaving the editor.

    Confirm the correction was saved in Choirboy

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    1. Saved confirmation
    2. Open the saved version
  6. Verify the stored version

    Choose Open saved version and check that your correction is present.

    Reopen and verify the saved transcript in Choirboy

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    1. Correction persisted
Read the video instructions
  1. Open your transcript, correct a segment and save the change.
  2. 1. Open My transcripts to review the recording, language, and stored revision.
  3. 2. Open My fingerprints, then Open editor for the matching recording.
  4. 3. Select the transcript segment. Review its timing label before making a correction.
  5. 4. Edit the text, then Apply text correction. Here we add an ellipsis to the unfinished sentence.
  6. 5. Save transcript correction and wait for the saved confirmation.
  7. 6. Open saved version to verify the corrected text in the stored revision.
  8. The correction is stored with the contribution. This does not infer new audio alignment or word timing.