Export captions and transcripts

Download the transcript as .vtt captions or timecoded text, and the review notes as a PDF, straight from the review page.

Once a clip has a transcript, the review page hands it off in the formats a finishing workflow needs: WebVTT captions, timecoded plain text, and a PDF of the review notes. Everything downloads from the review page itself, so a reviewer can grab captions without asking you to export anything.

Download captions or text from the Transcript view

Open the clip on its review page and switch the panel to Transcript. Small .txt and .vtt download links sit at the top of the view once a transcript exists.

• .vtt is WebVTT captions: numbered cues with start and end stamps, ready to import into your editor or ship alongside the file.
• .txt is the timecoded transcript as plain text, one line per spoken phrase (0:05 In a world...), for scripts, show notes, or pasting anywhere.

Both files download named after the clip, and both export the version of the cut you are currently viewing.

Export from the Export Comments menu

Once a clip has at least one comment, an Export Comments button appears in the panel header (on desktop). Its menu covers the whole handoff:

• This Asset: a PDF of this clip's comments, annotations, and approvals, timecoded and ready to send to a client or file with the project.
• All Assets: the same PDF across every file on the link.
• Transcript (.txt) and Transcript (.vtt captions): the same downloads as the Transcript view.

No transcript yet?

The downloads need a transcript to exist first. Pick a transcript format before one exists and HoldFast points you to the Transcript tab, where generating takes one click on a capable device. See How to transcribe a video.

The exported lines match the on-screen transcript exactly: the same line breaks, the same timecodes. A note that references a line still lands after the handoff, and if you cut from the transcript in your NLE, the Premiere Pro plugin brings the comments in as timecode-accurate markers.