Summary
Local STT transcription frequently misrecognizes words, but there is currently no way to edit or correct subtitle text inside the app. Users are forced to edit the raw project file by hand.
Problem
The built-in Whisper transcription produces errors (e.g. Chinese "紫色小人头" is transcribed as "紫色选人头"). Once transcribed, the subtitle text appears in the transcript/subtitle panel but cannot be clicked or edited there. Since subtitles/captions are baked from this text, any typo ships into the final video unless corrected.
Current workaround (bad)
The only way to fix a transcription error right now is to:
- Fully quit OpenScreen
- Open the
.openscreen project file (a JSON) in a text editor
- Locate
"text": "wrong word" and hand-edit it
- Reopen OpenScreen
This is error-prone — a single misplaced comma/bracket breaks the whole project and it becomes unopenable. Non-technical users can't do this at all.
Suggested behavior
Add the ability to edit subtitle text directly in the editor or transcript panel:
- Click a subtitle/transcript entry to make its text inline-editable
- Modified text updates the caption clip / exported subtitle in place
- Keep timings intact; only the words change
Ideally this would be a simple text-field edit, like editing a clip label, with no re-transcription required.
Environment
- OpenScreen latest portable Windows build (unpacked .exe, v1.x)
- Windows 11
- Transcribed with built-in local Whisper (zh), ~900-word session
Summary
Local STT transcription frequently misrecognizes words, but there is currently no way to edit or correct subtitle text inside the app. Users are forced to edit the raw project file by hand.
Problem
The built-in Whisper transcription produces errors (e.g. Chinese "紫色小人头" is transcribed as "紫色选人头"). Once transcribed, the subtitle text appears in the transcript/subtitle panel but cannot be clicked or edited there. Since subtitles/captions are baked from this text, any typo ships into the final video unless corrected.
Current workaround (bad)
The only way to fix a transcription error right now is to:
.openscreenproject file (a JSON) in a text editor"text": "wrong word"and hand-edit itThis is error-prone — a single misplaced comma/bracket breaks the whole project and it becomes unopenable. Non-technical users can't do this at all.
Suggested behavior
Add the ability to edit subtitle text directly in the editor or transcript panel:
Ideally this would be a simple text-field edit, like editing a clip label, with no re-transcription required.
Environment