User Configuration

User Configuration is located under the Settings menu and allows you to define your personal workspace settings.

General

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

Table font size

Choose a font size for the subtitle table.

Local backup interval

Configure how often the system should backup your projects.

Lock table to the center

With this box checked, the highlighted subtitle in the table will always be in the middle of the screen.

Lock timeline to the center

With this box checked, the timeline cursor will always be in the middle.

Hide safe area

With this box checked, the safe area (screen margins) in the video player will be hidden from view.

Disable validation

With this box checked, the program will not run automatic checks on your subtitles.

Show floating remarks dialog

Checking this box will display the dialog window for remarks.

Show subtitles above and below the video

Checking this box will display the previous subtitle above the screen area and the next one - below.

Don’t move video when navigating with arrow keys

With this box checked, the video won’t move while switching between subtitles with arrow keys. You can still move the video along with subtitles with PgUp and PgDown keys.

Disable time spotting (subtitle creation with the mouse)

Checking this box will disable creating subtitles by dragging the mouse on the timeline.

Timing

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

Custom video step duration

This parameter allows you to set custom backward and forward video steps. In the screenshot above, the step duration is set to 14 seconds, so you can go over the video with the 14 seconds steps, using hotkeys (Alt + “,” and Alt + “.” in the Ooona Default Schema).

Timing mode compensation

This feature allows you to take into account the human reaction time during the timing process.

Set IN/OUT time
hotkey behavior

Choose your preferred way of the IN/OUT-time hotkey behavior: separate clicks (click for IN, click for OUT),
hold - release (press and hold for IN, release for OUT),
set IN and auto-calculate previous OUT;
set OUT and auto-calculate next IN

Compensate only in-cues

With this box checked, only in-cues will be adjusted by the set human reaction time.

Auto calculate out cue

With this box checked, the out-cue will be calculated automatically after pressing the in-cue hotkey.

Apply timing hotkeys to the next subtitle

With this box checked, the next subtitle after the highlighted one will be timed.

Dialogue Dash

This tab allows you to set requirements for automatic dashing dialogues (Alt + “-” in the default hotkey schema).