A field guide to filler words
Filler words carry real information in some contexts — a hesitant "um" before an answer can matter in a legal transcript — and are pure noise in others, like a podcast rough cut.
The rule of thumb: keep them when you need to reconstruct exactly what was said, cut them when you're producing something meant to be read or listened to smoothly.
Advanced export lets you keep the raw transcript intact while producing a cleaner copy for publishing, so you don't have to choose once and live with it.
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