Print transcription (tool_tr_print)
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Produces a clean, print-ready rendering of an interview transcription, and lets you choose which annotations — timecodes, speakers, indexations, notes, languages — appear in the printout.
What it's for
A stored transcription is a stream of running text mixed with markup: timecode marks, speaker tags, indexation anchors, notes and language markers. That is right for editing but wrong for reading or handing to a researcher. This tool turns the transcript into a formatted layout you can print or export from the browser, with a metadata header and per-annotation visibility switches so the printout shows exactly what you want.
Concrete scenario: an oral-history archive needs a paper transcript of an interview for a reading-room dossier. The editor opens the transcription record, presses Print transcription, switches to the structured layout so each timecoded passage becomes a row with its index terms alongside, hides the raw timecodes and language markers but keeps speaker names and notes, turns on dividing lines between passages, and prints. A header listing the interview session, interviewees and camera operators sits above the text.
When to use it
- You have a finished transcription and want a readable or printable version of it.
- You want to control which annotations appear (timecodes, persons, indexations, notes, languages, lines).
- Not for editing the transcript or subtitles — use Subtitles.
- Not for generating the transcription — use Transcription.
Where to find it
The Print transcription button attaches inline to the transcription text component. It opens in its own window: a two-column layout with the display controls on the left and the formatted transcript on the right, a metadata header above the text.
Using it, step by step
- Open the record and press Print transcription on the transcription component. The tool opens in a new window.
- Choose a view mode from the selector:
- Original (the default) shows the transcript with its inline tag markup rendered.
- Default shows a structured layout where each timecoded passage is a row, with indexation terms in a sidebar and speaker names and notes resolved into readable labels.
- Source shows the raw transcript text as plain text.
- Use the left-panel checkboxes to show or hide each annotation class: Header, Time Codes, Persons, Indexations, Indexations info, Annotations, Languages, and Lines (dividers between passages). Changes apply immediately.
- Switch the language with the language selector to render the transcript in another language.
- Print or export from your browser once the layout looks right.
Options
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| View mode | Original / Default / Source rendering of the transcript. |
| Header | Show or hide the metadata header block. |
| Time Codes | Show or hide the timecode marks. |
| Persons | Show or hide speaker (person) tags. |
| Indexations | Show or hide indexation anchors in the text. |
| Indexations info | Show or hide the sidebar of resolved index terms. |
| Annotations | Show or hide notes. |
| Languages | Show or hide language-change markers. |
| Lines | Draw dividing lines between timecoded passages. |
| Language | Which language of the transcript is rendered. |
Tips and gotchas
Print from the browser
The tool builds the on-screen layout; use your browser's print or save-as-PDF to produce the document. Set the visibility switches first so the printout matches what you see.
Structured view depends on resolved tags
The Default view and the metadata header resolve indexation and note tags to readable labels. On this engine that resolution routes through a component endpoint that is not currently available, so those labels may not appear; the Original and Source views do not depend on it. See the developer reference for the exact status.
Related
- Transcription — generate the transcription this tool renders.
- Subtitles — edit the transcription for subtitle production.
- Time codes — shift all timecode marks by a fixed offset.
- Indexation — index the transcript against thesaurus terms.
- Developer reference — the view modes and the UI-only contract.