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Speech to Text
Speech to Text transcribes the dialogue in your sequence automatically. Open the Text panel, click Create transcription, pick the audio and the language, and Premiere sends the audio to Adobe's cloud to transcribe it.
You then review the transcript in the Transcript panel. It has search and replace, can tell different speakers apart, lets you insert pauses, and can export the transcript as a text file. When the text is right, Premiere turns it into caption items on the Captions track, timed to match the pace of the speech. You can use broadcast captioning presets or make your own, and style the captions in the Essential Graphics panel.
Speech to Text supports 13 languages and is included in Premiere Pro and Creative Cloud All Apps plans at no extra cost.
Native on Apple M1 Macs
Premiere Pro 15.4 runs natively on Macs with the Apple M1 chip, together with Media Encoder. Adobe says Premiere runs nearly 80 percent faster on M1 than on comparable Intel-based Macs, from launch to export. Scene Edit Detection also got faster: up to 2x on Intel Macs and Windows PCs, and up to 3x on M1.
Also in this update
- New title and caption styling. Several shadows on the same text, better text backgrounds, and font substitution for 28 international alphabets.
- Upgrade Legacy Titles to Source Graphics. Old titles appear in the Project panel, where you can sort and track them.
- Tetrahedral LUT interpolation. More precise LUTs, with less risk of banding in shots with strong shadows and highlights.
- Label colors and clip names. Change them on the timeline for the current sequence only, or for the source media too.
- Faster Team Projects. A leaner project structure makes saving faster.
- Automatic audio device switching. On Windows, Premiere switches when you swap headphones, microphones or interfaces.
- CUDA and OpenCL dropped on macOS. Premiere on Mac no longer supports them, as Apple moves to Metal graphics.
In August 2021, version 15.4.1 fixed flickering in the Program Monitor when you used edit tools on clips.
Premiere Pro 15.4 builds on the captions track that arrived in 15.0. See everything new in Premiere Pro 2021 for the full year.
FAQ
When did Premiere Pro 15.4 come out?
Adobe released it in July 2021 and announced it on its blog on July 20, 2021.
Does Speech to Text work offline?
Not in 15.4. The transcription happens in Adobe's cloud, so you need an internet connection.
Making captions and titles faster? See our Premiere Pro plugins.
