Written where you read it
Open the note on any paragraph, type, and move on. The note keeps that paragraph's timecode and speaker, so it is never separated from its context.
Reviewed by David Dat Nguyen, CXO Last updated
Transcript notes
Your notes, pinned
to the moment.
Write a note on any paragraph while you read or listen. It keeps that paragraph's timecode in the editor, in the notes panel and in every export that carries notes.
A reporter's follow-up question, a researcher's code, a paralegal's flag for review. The thinking lives next to the words, not in a separate file.
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One note per paragraph
Timecoded with the text
In DOCX, TXT and CSV exports
Notes that keep their place
Three things a transcript note does that a notebook cannot.
All of them in one panel
The notes panel lists every note in the file with its time. Scan the whole recording's notes at once and click one to jump there.
Exported with the document
DOCX and TXT add a Notes section with each note's timecode; CSV carries a notes column beside each paragraph, ready for a spreadsheet or coding tool.
Different notes, one anchor
How three kinds of teams use notes.
Newsrooms
Follow-ups and fact-checks, next to the quote.
- Flag a claim to verify on the paragraph where it was made
- Note the follow-up question for the second interview
- Export the DOCX with the Notes section for the editor's review
Researchers
First-pass codes and observations before the analysis tool.
- Tag a participant's turn with an emerging theme as you listen
- Note tone, pauses and reactions the words do not show
- Export CSV with the notes column into your analysis workflow
Law firms
Review flags that stay with the testimony.
- Mark a statement for follow-up at the next deposition
- Note the exhibit a witness refers to, with the timecode
- Hand off a DOCX whose Notes section lists every flag with its time
How notes work
The settings and limits, as they are in the product today.
- One note per paragraph1 per paragraph
- Each paragraph can carry one note of any length. Splitting a paragraph gives you two places to write; merging keeps the first note.
- The notes panelWith timecodes
- A rail in the editor lists every note in the file with its timecode, so a long recording's notes read as one list. Click a note to jump to its paragraph.
- In DOCX and TXTNotes section
- Notes export as a Notes section at the end of the document, each with the timecode of its paragraph.
- In CSVOne column
- Each row holds the paragraph's start, end, speaker, text and its note, so notes land in a spreadsheet column.
- Not in subtitlesNever
- Notes never appear in SRT, VTT or burn-in exports; they are for the people working on the transcript.
- Alongside highlightsHighlights
- Use highlights to mark the words themselves and notes to say why. Highlights-only exports give you the marked passages on their own.
Questions teams ask about
transcript notes
How would a newsroom use notes while reporting a story?
A reporter listens back with the transcript open and writes a note on each paragraph that needs a fact-check or a follow-up. The notes panel then reads as the to-do list for the story, and the DOCX export carries a Notes section with each item's timecode for the editor.
Can teammates reply to a note?
No. A note is a single text field on a paragraph, visible to everyone who can open the transcript, without threads, mentions or notifications. Everyone sees the same note and can edit it.
Where do notes go when I export?
DOCX and TXT add a Notes section with each note's timecode; CSV carries a notes column. Subtitle formats, PDF and the editor timelines do not include them.
Is there a limit on notes?
One note per paragraph, of any length. Split a paragraph if you need two notes on one stretch of speech.
How are notes different from highlights?
A highlight marks the words; a note is text about them. Highlight the quote you want and write the note on why, then export highlights-only for the passages or the DOCX for the passages with their notes.
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