Introduction
The Review screen is where you refine a localized project. It combines video playback, a segment timeline, text editing, audio tools, and an AI assistant. Changes you make here automatically trigger the downstream steps needed to keep translation, audio, and the final mix in sync.
Open the Review Editor
- From the dashboard, click a language link such as Spanish — Ready for review, or open the project and choose Review.
- Use the language switcher in the header to move between target languages in the same project.
- The layout has the video player on top and the segment timeline below. Each segment shows source transcription, target translation, and localized audio waveforms.
Timeline & Text Editing
- Click source text to edit the transcription. Click target text to edit the translation.
- Press Enter to save text changes. Editing source text re-translates and regenerates audio for that segment. Editing target text updates syllable matching and audio synthesis.
- Press Cmd+Enter (Mac) or Ctrl+Enter (Windows) to split a source segment at the cursor.
- Press Backspace at the start of a source segment to merge it with the previous segment.
- Right-click a text row (or long-press on touch devices) for actions such as re-transcribe, back-translate, paraphrase, retranslate, regenerate audio, or record a human voiceover.
- Use the subtitle character slider in the header to control how long on-screen subtitles can be.
Audio Editing
Each segment has a source audio bar (original speech) and a green target waveform (localized voice). You can adjust timing, position, and speed.
- Drag the left or right edge of the source bar to change source segment boundaries.
- Drag the left or right edge of the target bar to change the frame where localized audio is placed.
- Click and drag the green target waveform to slide audio earlier or later within its frame.
- Hold Cmd (Mac) or Ctrl (Windows) while dragging the target waveform to change tempo — stretching or compressing audio to fit the available time. Use small adjustments; large changes can sound unnatural.
- Place the playhead over target audio and press Enter to split target audio at that point.
- Use the segment context menu to regenerate audio, resample a Voice Emulation reference, delete target audio, or record a replacement voiceover.
Important: Timing and tempo changes update the final mix automatically. You do not need to manually rebuild the project after each edit.
EQ & Mix
Per-segment EQ and mix controls let you shape localized audio so it sits correctly against background and source stems.
- Double-click a target waveform (or choose Audio settings from the segment menu) to open the EQ & Mix panel.
- Adjust gain and pan for the segment's localized voice.
- Use the EQ curve to set a high-pass filter, low shelf, mid band, and high shelf. Drag the handles on the spectrum display to tune each band.
- Toggle bypass to hear the unprocessed target audio, or enable loop to preview the segment repeatedly while you adjust settings.
- Click Apply to all segments to copy the current mix settings across the project, or Reset to return to defaults for the active segment.
Playback Mixer
The header mixer controls what you hear during review. It affects preview only — not the exported files.
- Three stems are available when present: Background, Source vocals, and Localized target audio.
- Press B, S, or T to mute or unmute background, source, and target stems.
- Adjust per-track volume from the mixer panel. Long-press a track row on touch devices to reveal its volume slider.
AI Chat
The AI Chat panel is a conversational way to make the same edits available in the timeline. Open it with the green chat button or press C.
- Ask the assistant to fix transcription errors, improve translations, shorten text to fit timing, change tone, or adjust when a segment starts.
- Examples: "The transcription says 'their' but it should be 'there'", "Make this sound more formal in French", or "Delay this segment by half a second".
- Use the segment switcher in the chat header to direct commands at a specific segment.
- Press ? inside the chat panel to toggle built-in help, example prompts, and keyboard shortcuts.
- Chat changes and direct timeline edits use the same backend cascade — translation, audio synthesis, timing, and stitching update automatically.