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Dialogue and transcript search
Search spoken dialogue across local videos on your Mac. Find quotes in transcripts, jump to the source timestamp, verify playback, and export selects or subtitles.
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Query
speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts
Speech
Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.
Visual
Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.
People
Filter results where detected people appear.
Short answer
Focus transcribes indexed videos locally and makes the transcript searchable across folders. Search a word, phrase, speaker context, or topic, open the matching timestamp, and verify the line against source playback.
Create time-aligned transcripts without sending the video library to a cloud transcription service.
Look for exact words or describe the dialogue you remember across indexed videos.
Loop the source moment, correct transcript text when needed, and export useful ranges.
The friction
Search spoken dialogue across local videos on your Mac. Find quotes in transcripts, jump to the source timestamp, verify playback, and export selects or subtitles.
How Focus helps
Focus keeps transcription, search, playback, selects, and handoff in one desktop workflow. It helps you narrow the archive; the source video remains the evidence.
Create time-aligned transcripts without sending the video library to a cloud transcription service.
Look for exact words or describe the dialogue you remember across indexed videos.
Loop the source moment, correct transcript text when needed, and export useful ranges.
Product preview
Query
speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts
Speech
Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.
Visual
Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.
People
Filter results where detected people appear.
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Add a local folder and enable transcription for the videos you need.
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Enter the quote, phrase, speaker context, or topic you remember.
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Play the source moment, save the useful range, and choose the handoff format for your editor.
FAQ
Yes. Search transcript text and open the matching timestamp, then verify wording against the source audio.
No cloud upload is required. Focus transcribes and indexes supported video files on the device.
Yes. Focus supports SRT export, alongside CSV and sequence handoff formats.
Ready
Focus gives editors and wedding filmmakers faster retrieval, verified selects, and calmer delivery weeks.