Preferences: Getting to know ScriptMe settings

Now that you have registered with ScriptMe and logged in for the first time, it is time to learn about the software and your account Preferences.

We will review one by one the options that you can enable or disable in this tab.

Let’s start!

Understand and configure your account preferences

1. Go to Preferences

Preferences 1

Here you have two tabs. One dedicated to the Editor and the other to General.

Let’s start with the preferences of the Editor.

Editor – Preferences

It is divided into 3 sections.

  1. Translation and text edits
  2. Copy and paste
  3. Avid markers text

Preferences

1. Translation and text edits

A. Autopause when clicking

If you activate this option, clicking on any text in the online transcript editor will stop the playback of the video so that you can write in more focus.

If it is not selected, it will simply continue playing.

B. Show word toolbar

When you enable this option, when you select a text within the timestamps, you will see a bar with options to highlight the text, add comments, make it bold or italic or add a timestamp.

Preferences (2)

C. Smart Capitalization

When enabled, ScriptMe automatically adds capitalization to the next word after punctuation symbols such as “?”, “!”, or “.”

D. Numbers, please

ScriptMe will transcribe to numbers instead of text (4 instead of four) when this option is enabled.

E. Inline translate

It will add the button to transcribe a timestamp individually.

If you look at the image above and below, you will see that the Translate button has now been added.

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2. Copy and paste

All these options are for copying and pasting content from the platform.

A. Include timestamps

When selected, it will copy the timecode in addition to the text.

[ 00:00:26:08-00:00:31:23 ] – I answered him just a normal thing, he said How long you’ve been working out and I said why? I’ve started in 15 and I’ve been lifting since.
B. Include file name

It will add the file name to the copied text.

What is ScriptMe mp4.mp4 – I answered him just a normal thing, he said How long you’ve been working out and I said why? I’ve started in 15 and I’ve been lifting since.
C. Include speaker name

It will include the speaker’s name before the copied content.

Speaker 2- I answered him just a normal thing, he said How long you’ve been working out and I said why? I’ve started in 15 and I’ve been lifting since.
You can also copy it with 2/3 or 3/3 options available
[ 00:00:26:08-00:00:31:23 ] What is ScriptMe mp4.mp4 Speaker 2- I answered him just a normal thing, he said How long you’ve been working out and I said why? I’ve started in 15 and I’ve been lifting since.

3. Avid markers text

This option allows you to add a note to each Avid markers text and use it with shortcuts in all your videos.

If you want to go deeper, read more about how Avid and ScriptMe work together.

General – Preferences

Here are the general settings of your account. Let’s look at them one by one

Preferences (4)

A. Default transcription language

This is the default language that will be selected when uploading your files.

You can indicate the one you prefer here to see it always selected by default (of course you can change it to another language when uploading your files).

B. Default action

This is the default action that will be selected when uploading a file.

You can select Transcription or Subtitles by default.

C. Enable tutorials

If selected you will see tutorials on the main dashboard to help you in your transcriptions.

D. Mail notification

You can activate it if you wish to receive notifications in your inbox every time your transcripts or subtitles are finished.

You can deactivate it and you will not receive such emails.

E. Enable tracking cookies

Enable or disable the use of cookies from your account

F. Enable advertising cookies

Enable or disable your cookies for advertising purposes such as remarketing and ad campaigns.

And so far, this guide to the Preferences of your ScriptMe account.

If you have any doubts or questions, do not hesitate to write us through the chat or the contact page. We will get back to you as soon as possible.

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