# Using Whisper's text-timing functionality on a pre-existing transcript

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/using-whispers-text-timing-functionality-on-a-pre-existing-transcript/48445>\
**Category:** Models\
**Created:** [July 27, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/using-whispers-text-timing-functionality-on-a-pre-existing-transcript/48445 "2023-07-27T21:21:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/using-whispers-text-timing-functionality-on-a-pre-existing-transcript/48445/1 "2023-07-27T21:21:00Z")

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Hello, I’m interested in applying Whisper’s text timing functionality to a preexisting transcript (one generated by a human). Is this something the model can do?