Editing the transcript
How do I edit the transcript — what can I actually do?
Select any run of words in the Voice Editor and a menu appears. You can delete them (the audio is cut and the gap closes), ignore them (the audio is muted, the timing stays), correct the wording, mark a chapter, assign a speaker, or copy and paste words elsewhere.
Deleting words is a real edit to the audio, not just to the text. The recording is cut and the timeline gets shorter, and because everything is non-destructive, it can be restored later.
Press Enter on a word to split the paragraph there — that is how you break up a wall of text into readable turns.
Find & Replace works across the whole transcript, which is the fastest fix when a name or a term is mis-heard the same way throughout. And a toolbar toggle lets you show or hide the text you have deleted, so you can see what you cut.
Delete — cut it out of the audio
The words vanish, the audio underneath is ripple-cut, and everything after slides earlier — watch the episode duration drop. Reversible from Recent edits, like every cut.
Ignore — mute it, keep the timing
The words are struck out and silenced, but the gap keeps its length, so nothing after it moves. Use it when the audio is cut to video, or a music bed underneath must not drift.
Correct — fix the text, not the voice
Type over a mis-heard word or phrase; transcript, captions and exports update. The recording is untouched — Cast does not synthesize words into your voice. Double-click any single word to edit it in place.
Keep — clear a filler flag
When the filler detector flags a word you actually want — a deliberate "like", a real "so" — Keep clears the mark so bulk cleanup leaves it alone.
Chapter — two ways, rename, fold
Make a chapter from a selection (⌘⇧M, titled from your words) or click "+ Chapter here" between paragraphs — no selection needed. Double-click the title to rename it (a single click seeks there); fold the section to work with the structure instead of the wall of text. The same chapters ride the Main timeline.
Speaker — label who is talking
Assign the selection from the menu, or press ⇧S for the same picker — or just press the speaker’s digit and skip the picker entirely. Speakers are saved to your library and reusable across projects.