Update: Shipped Highlight Feature
Just shipped Highlights for FluentCap, addressing consistent user feedback about a workflow gap.
When transcribing long content like 2-hour lectures or movies, users noticed important moments but had no systematic way to mark and return to them. Valuable information got buried in thousands of words.
What We Built
During live transcription, Instant-Apply Mode: select text and highlight applies immediately without menu interaction. Speed matters during live sessions, and context menus introduce friction.
When reviewing past sessions in History Mode, a context menu appears with Highlight and Copy options. To remove highlights, hover to reveal the Remove button.
All highlights collected in a Highlights tab in the sidebar, grouped by session. Copy All exports everything as structured text. Clear All resets with confirmation.
The key feature is cross-session navigation. Click any highlight in the Collection, and FluentCap switches to that session, scrolls to the exact location, and focuses the highlight visually. Users can jump to any saved moment across their entire history in seconds.
Technical Challenge
STT providers sometimes revise text after sending it, adding punctuation or fixing capitalization. Highlights could break if the text changes. We implemented a Hybrid Matching Strategy: check exact position, then case-sensitive search, then case-insensitive fallback.
Observed Use Cases
Language learners mark vocabulary, export to Anki via Copy All. Researchers mark quotes and use navigation to compile citations. Business users mark action items during meetings without breaking focus.
What We Learned
The Instant-Apply versus context menu split based on mode was the right call. Live sessions need speed. History review wants deliberate control. Same interaction for both would compromise one.
Cross-session navigation turned out more valuable than expected. Users said this is what makes highlighting genuinely useful.
All data local. No server involvement. Free like all FluentCap features.
Feedback welcome.
Homepage: https://fluentcap.live
Feature details: https://fluentcap.live/blog/fluentcap-highlight-feature
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