> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://support.hivo.co/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://support.hivo.co/video/video-transcription.md).
# Video Transcription
The **Video Transcription** feature in HIVO automatically generates written transcripts from your **video or audio assets** using AI-powered speech recognition.
👉 This automation helps teams quickly **extract and organize** spoken content for easy review, reference, and download of transcripts for reuse across multiple projects.
**đź’ˇ Key Benefits:**
* ***Save time and effort:** No need to manually type or transcribe content.*
* ***Enhance accessibility:** Provide captions or text versions for hearing-impaired users.*
* ***Support multilingual workflows:** Automatically detect and transcribe in the spoken language.*
* ***Enable cross-team collaboration:** Marketing, content, and compliance teams can easily reference transcripted materials*.
## How to Use Video Transcription
HIVO provides you to "**Generate Transcript for video/audio asset”** in two ways:
* **For assets already stored in the librarys:** Run the transcription process on assets already stored in your library.
* **When uploading new asset:** Generate transcripts automatically when uploading a new asset.
### 1. Generate Transcript for **assets already stored in the library**
#### **🔹 Step 1: Open** Generate transcripts feature
* Go to the **Asset Detail Page**.
* On the **Asset Action Toolbar**, select **“Customization.”**
* In the dropdown, choose **“Automations for original/web/thumbnail”** (Note: choose the correct version to check).
#### **🔹 Step 2: Run the Transcription**
* In the new dialog, tick the checkbox **“Generate Transcript for video/audio assets.”**
* Click **Submit** to start the process.
* Once completed, a success message will appear at the top-right corner of the screen.
#### **🔹 Step 3:** View and manage Transcription Results
* After receiving the completion notification, close the pop-up.
* Go to the **Tags tab** on the **Asset Detail Page** (Note: choose the correct version of the script created).
👉 The **Transcription Result** will include:
* **Generated Time:** Timestamp of transcript creation.
* **Detected Language:** The language automatically recognized by the system.
* **View Modes:**
* **Segment View:** Displays transcript by time segments.
* **Paragraph View:** Displays transcript as continuous text.
* **Download Options:**
* **SRT File**
* **VTT File**
* **TXT File**
* Click on any transcript line to **jump to the corresponding timestamp** in the video.
#### 👉 Turn ON/OFF Video Subtitles
* Click the CC icon to enable the automatically generated subtitles (captions). Click it again to disable them.
* Note: If the subtitles do not appear, ensure you have completed Step 3 (View and manage Transcription Results) to create the SRT/VTT file (the system will automatically recognize and display the subtitles if the SRT/VTT file is attached).
### 2. Generate Transcript During the Upload Process
⚠️ Users with the permission ***'Is Client Admin - User can manage the Client Profile'*** can add Automation options within the [**Uploader Settings**](/client-profile/client-profile-settings/asset-and-metadata-management/uploader-settings.md)**.**
* Go to the **“Asset Detail”** step in the upload procesprocess, Scroll down to the **“Additional Automations”** section.
* Tick the checkbox **“Generate Transcript for video/audio assets.”**
* **Continue uploading as usual** — HIVO will automatically process it and you can **view the results once the asset has been successfully uploaded**.
* View and manage Transcription results: At this point, the asset is stored in the librarlibrary, go to the **Asset Detail Page** and navigate to the **"Tags tab"** to see the results.
👉 **👉 Note**: **For assets in the Approval stage** (The Assets need to be reviewed and approved by Users with ***'Can Approve'*** permission before being added to the main Library):
* Results will not be displayed immediately.
* Once the asset is approved and officially stored on the HIVO Library, go to the **Asset Detail Page** and navigate to the **"Tags tab"** to see the results.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, we're always here to help!
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