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Quick Guide: How to Use AI Speech to Text in PowerDirector

Three steps to turn the speech in your video into timed text.

Updated Sep. 13, 2026 · 1 min read

Steps

1Pick the track and language

Set Audio source and Language. Check Total duration, then click Create.

The AI Speech to Text dialog with Audio source and Language highlighted, and Total duration beside the Create button

2Check the lines

The lines appear in the list with their start times and on a subtitle track above the clip.

The Subtitles room with 8 transcribed lines and their start times, and the matching subtitle track on the timeline highlighted

3Proofread the lines

Click a line to edit it and press Esc to save. Names are the usual misses.

The Subtitles list with line 4 highlighted, where PowerDirector was transcribed as Empower Director, and the Find box highlighted

We tested these steps in PowerDirector 365 version 25.0.8 on Windows.