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Tella automatically transcribes your videos when you record them, but sometimes you may want to regenerate the transcript — for example, if the wrong language was detected or if the original transcription wasn’t accurate enough.
Retranscribing does not translate your video. The Transcript language setting tells Tella which language to transcribe the audio from — it must match what was actually spoken in the video. Selecting English for a Spanish-language recording will not produce English subtitles; Tella does not translate transcripts or subtitles into other languages.

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How to retranscribe

  1. Open your video in the Tella editor
  2. Click the Setup tab in the sidebar
  3. Scroll to the Transcript language section
  4. Select the language that matches what was spoken in the video
  5. Click Update
The button will show “Updating…” while the transcription is being processed. Once complete, your video’s transcript and subtitles will automatically refresh.

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When to retranscribe

  • Wrong language detected: If the auto-detected language doesn’t match what was spoken, select the correct language and update.
  • Mixed languages across clips: If your video has multiple clips with different transcript languages, you’ll see a “Mixed” status. Select the single language that was spoken to unify the transcript across all clips.
  • Improve accuracy: If you’ve added terms to your transcript dictionary, retranscribing will apply those terms to the new transcription.

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Translating subtitles

Tella does not translate subtitles or transcripts into other languages. The transcript and subtitles will always be in the same language as the audio that was recorded.