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[Feature]: Import SRT subtitles into the transcript #1365

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@EtienneLescot

Today the transcript (and the captions built from it) can only come from OpenScreen's own transcription. Users who already have subtitles, from a human transcriber or another tool, can't bring them in.

Importing an .srt file would cover that. The UX needs to be designed before any code:

  • Where the action lives (transcript pane, captions, media page).
  • What happens to an existing transcript: replace, or refuse.
  • Whether the file's timestamps refer to the source recording or to the edited timeline (after cuts and speed regions).
  • How errors in a malformed file are reported.

First explored in #1116, which bundled it with other changes.

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  1. EtienneLescot commented on Oct 24, 2026

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    Open for contributions. Please post a short UX proposal covering the four points above before writing code.

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