Text-Based Editing

Text-based editing lets you cut your recording by deleting words from its transcript. When you delete words, ScreenKite cuts the matching video and audio from the timeline.

Before You Start

The project needs a transcript. In the Captions tab of the inspector, click Transcribe. If transcription is not set up yet, ScreenKite opens the Transcription setup window. See Word-Level Generated Captions.

Cut Words in the Transcript Editor

1. Open the Captions tab, then the Edit tab.
2. In the Transcript editor section, click Open transcript editor. The editor opens as a card. You can also open it in its own window.
3. Make sure the card is in Cut mode.
4. Click the words you want to remove.
5. Click Cut ⌫. ScreenKite removes the selected words from the timeline.

Click Play to hear the selection. Click Clear to unselect all words.

Restore a cut

Cut words stay in the transcript with a mark. Click a cut word to restore it, or click Restore all.

Remove Filler Words

1. Open the Captions tab, then the Edit tab.
2. Look at the Filler words section. It shows how many filler words ScreenKite found.
3. Review the proposed cuts, then click Cut all.

Remove Silences and Dead Air

Dead air is a pause or a quiet gap in speech.

• In the Edit tab, the Silences section finds pauses. Set the minimum length with Longer than. Click Remove all dead air to cut them.
• In the transcript card, click Remove Silences. ScreenKite asks you to confirm.
• On the timeline, right-click a clip and choose Remove Dead Air.

ScreenKite protects words from silence cuts.

To see dead air on the timeline, turn on Settings → Editor → Mark dead air. It is on by default.

Word Timing

Cut precision depends on the word timing from your transcription engine. If the timing is approximate, the editor tells you. ElevenLabs gives the most precise timing.

Related Guides

• Trimming & Splitting: timeline editing
• Word-Level Generated Captions: transcription setup
• AI Chat Assistant: ask the AI agent to make cuts for you