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Overview

The subtitle list has two cleanup tools. Guess names, once you are signed in and the video already separates speakers, reads self-introductions and how people address each other. It fills only speakers who do not have a name yet, and marks each suggestion as a guess. Shift timing is for the other problem: when every line is early or late by the same amount, move them all at once instead of editing line by line.

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Pain Point

A two-person interview still says Speaker 1 and Speaker 2, so I have to match voices myself. Or the whole subtitle file is two seconds late, and fixing every timestamp by hand is endless — then the translation is still on the old clock.

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Key Features

  • Guess names: the Guess names button on the subtitle toolbar. The hint says it guesses from self-introductions and how people address each other. Afterward you see how many names were found, and that you should click a name to confirm. If the conversation has nothing usable, it says so.
  • A guess is not a saved name: suggested names are marked “guess”. Hover to read the evidence, such as what someone called them. Click to save, or type your own. Speakers who already have a name are left alone.
  • Sign-in required: the button is hidden until you are signed in. Confirmed names stay on that video in your account.
  • Shift timing: open Subtitle tools and choose Shift timing. If subtitles appear after the audio, choose Earlier. If they appear before the audio, choose Later, then enter the seconds. The first line shows the time before and after, so you can check before applying.
  • Translations move too: open translations shift with the original. Moving only one side would break bilingual alignment.
  • Same offset for the whole file: the dialog says to use this when subtitles and audio are off by the same amount throughout. A single wrong line should be edited on its own.
  • Local batch has Guess names too: the desktop batch page for local files can guess speakers the same way, marked as a guess until you confirm. The online video uses the cloud guess; you do not have to download the file first.

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Highlights

A name shows up as a guess, with the reason beside it, and is saved only when you click. Timing moves once, for a constant offset, and open translations come along.

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Use Cases

  • Interviews, podcasts, or meetings with a few speakers still labeled by number
  • A downloaded or transcribed file that is early or late by the same gap the whole way through
  • A translation track that should stay aligned when you shift the original

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Tips

  • Read the evidence before you confirm. If the guess is wrong, edit the text; do not keep a bad name
  • Start with a small number of seconds, check the first-line preview, then Apply shift
  • If some lines would be clipped to 00:00, the dialog says how many. That means you are shifting earlier than the start of the video

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FAQ

  • Will Guess names overwrite names I already set? No. It only fills speakers without a name, and it will not reuse a name that is already taken.
  • Why is Guess names missing? Sign in first. If this video has no speaker separation, there is nobody to name.
  • Where is Shift timing? Inside the Subtitle tools menu, not in the word-by-word view. It stays disabled until the video is saved to your library.

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