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What are chapters?

Chapters are timecoded sections of your video with titles and descriptions. They help viewers navigate longer videos by jumping to specific sections. Tella can automatically generate chapters from your video’s transcript using AI.

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How to generate chapters

  1. Open your video in the Tella editor.
  2. Click on the Chapters tab in the right sidebar.
  3. Click the Generate button (with the sparkle icon).
  4. Tella will analyze your transcript and stream chapters as they’re generated.
  5. Once generation is complete, review the chapters in the editor.
  6. Click Done to save, or Cancel to discard.

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Updating chapters after making trims

When you trim your video after generating chapters, Tella detects that your chapters may be out of sync. A banner appears at the top of the Chapters tab with an Update button. Click Update to regenerate chapters based on your current video content. The new chapters will reflect your trimmed timeline.

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How to regenerate chapters

If you’re not happy with the generated chapters, you can regenerate them at any time:
  1. Open the Chapters tab.
  2. Click the Regenerate button (sparkles icon), or open the three-dot menu and select Regenerate.
  3. New chapters will replace the existing ones.
  4. Review and click Done to save, or press Enter to confirm.

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Editing chapters manually

After generating chapters, you can fine-tune them:
  • Edit a title or description: Click the Edit button (pencil icon) to enter edit mode, then click on any chapter to edit its text. Press Enter or click Done to save your changes.
  • Delete a chapter: Remove individual chapters you don’t need.
  • Delete all chapters: Open the three-dot menu and select Delete all chapters to remove all chapters at once.

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Using chapters

Chapters unlock several useful actions:
  • Create a clip from a chapter: Turn any chapter into a standalone video clip.
  • Keep only a chapter: Remove everything except the selected chapter’s content.
  • Copy as text: Open the three-dot menu and select Copy as text to copy chapters with timestamps and dashes (e.g., 0:00 - Intro).
  • Copy for YouTube: Open the three-dot menu and select Copy for YouTube to copy chapters in YouTube’s format without dashes (e.g., 0:00 Intro), ready to paste into a YouTube description.

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Auto-generate chapters for new recordings

You can set Tella to automatically generate chapters for every new recording:
  1. Go to Settings > Preferences.
  2. Enable Auto-generate chapters. (this is enabled by default)
  3. Chapters will be generated automatically after each recording is transcribed.

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How viewers see chapters

When you add chapters to your video:
  • Viewers see chapter markers on the video progress bar
  • A chapter list may appear that viewers can click to jump to sections
  • This makes it easy to navigate longer video