Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 introduced a shift in video editing with Speech to Text, a feature that utilizes AI to automate transcription and captioning. This functionality, which is included in Creative Cloud subscriptions, significantly reduces the time and cost associated with manual transcription and third-party services. Core Capabilities of Speech to Text

Better Context Understanding: The AI is now smarter about context. It’s less likely to confuse "their," "there," and "they're" because it analyzes the sentence structure, not just the phonetics.
Noise Handling: Tested against footage with ambient street noise? The new model filters out the background static to focus on the speaker far better than v11.

Solid Report: Adobe Speech to Text v12.0 for Premiere Pro 2023

1. Executive Summary

Adobe Speech to Text v12.0 is a native, AI-powered panel within Premiere Pro 2023 (version 23.x). Unlike third-party plugins, it leverages Adobe’s Sensei machine learning and cloud-based transcription (with optional on-device fallback). Version 12.0 marked a major update from previous iterations, introducing interactive transcript editing, support for 18+ languages, and speaker labeling. It automatically generates searchable transcripts and sequence captions, eliminating manual transcription workflows for editors.

Adobe Speech to Text v12.0 is a specialized language pack and transcription engine designed for Adobe Premiere Pro 2023 and later versions. It leverages Adobe Sensei AI to automate the conversion of spoken dialogue into written transcripts and captions directly within the video editing timeline. Core Capabilities

How it works: Every word spoken is a linked timecode. You can highlight a paragraph of "ums," "ahs," or irrelevant tangents and simply hit the Delete key. Premiere Pro automatically removes that segment from the timeline, performs a ripple delete, and closes the gap.