AI Search finds moments by meaning, not by filename. Describe what you remember (a scene, a shot, a spoken line, a person, a mood) and Tessact returns the matching moments from across your library, each with a thumbnail, a time range, and a one-click path into the asset or the Editor.
The AI Search landing page
One search surface: a single query runs across video, image, audio, and document assets in the workspace.
Moments, not files: video results are shots, scenes, and spoken spans with usable in and out points, ready to preview or send to the Editor.
Multilingual dialogue: spoken-word search works across languages, including Hindi and Hinglish.
Understands intent: the query is interpreted before it is matched; AI Search even adjusts loose wording and tells you when it did.
Select AI Search at the very top of the left sidebar, above your Productivity links. You can also start from the Library: expand the search field in the action bar, type a query, and press Enter; the search runs scoped to the folder you were in.
AI Search sits at the top of the sidebar
The landing page cycles example prompts in the search bar, suggests queries beneath it, and keeps your Recent searches one click away.
Type what you would say to a colleague: the subject, the setting, an action, or a line of dialogue. You do not need the filename. You can also record a spoken query with the microphone button instead of typing.
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Narrow the search (optional)
Use the controls under the search bar:
Control
What it does
Search inside
Opens a Library picker so the search runs only inside a chosen folder or file
Search All
Chooses which result types come back: Shot, Scene, Spoken, Image, Documents
Match by
Steers the matching: Best match (default), Visuals for what appears on screen, Transcript for dialogue, narration, and transcripts, or Context for what the content is about
Search All chooses which result types come back
Match by lets you steer between visual, transcript, and contextual matching
Search inside scopes the query to any folder or file in the Library
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Review the AI Results
Results appear under an AI Results header with a running total, such as showing 20 out of 47 results, and the result-type chips let you show or hide Shot, Scene, Spoken, Image, and Documents results without rerunning the search. If AI Search rewrote loose wording into a stronger query, a Query adjusted to note shows exactly what was searched, so nothing happens silently.
The AI Results header: type filters, result count, and the query adjustment note
Phrase queries as subject + setting + action, e.g. friends catching up over drinks at a restaurant. If a title, show, or person name is part of the query, Tessact uses it to scope the search automatically.
If you can describe it, you can find it. During analysis Tessact indexes what is visible, what is said, how it is filmed, and what it all means, so every one of these query styles works. Steal these and adapt them to your library:
People & emotions
Places & time
Actions & story beats
Camera language
Spoken words
Text, brands & documents
Abhilash apologises to Guri for their falling out
two friends arguing until one walks out
a sincere conversation between old friends at night
crowd celebrating and hugging
Names work when people are identified in your content; emotions and interactions work everywhere.
roadside tea stall at night
dimly lit restaurant, indoor
misty hills at sunrise
busy street in the rain
Settings, indoor or outdoor, weather, and time of day are all part of the index.
friends raise a toast
someone reads a message on their phone and reacts
classroom lecture that frames preparation as a marathon
flashback to an older memory at the bar
Describe what happens, not what the file is called.
extreme close-up of a worried face
wide establishing shot of the city
over-the-shoulder conversation
low-angle shot walking towards camera
Shot size, angle, and framing are detected per shot, so you can search the way an editor talks.
the line about turning pressure into a lifestyle
dialogue where they debate the optional subject
the joke about SK's haircut
"tension mat le" moments in Hinglish
You need the idea, not the exact wording, and Hindi or Hinglish dialogue is searchable too.
scenes where a brand logo appears on screen
frames showing a WhatsApp notification
the passage about pricing in the product PDF
poster image with a red background
On-screen text, logos, document passages, and image styles are all fair game.
These dimensions combine naturally: medium shot of three friends debating the exam at a tea stall at night mixes framing, people, action, setting, and time in one query.
Every result card carries the evidence you need to judge it at a glance: a thumbnail of the exact moment (document results preview their matching pages), a type badge such as Scene, the clip duration, a descriptive title, and a short summary of what happens. Hovering a card reveals its quick actions: Add selection to start collecting clips, and an expand control that jumps straight into the full preview.
AI Results for a natural-language query: scene and document moments with titles, durations, and summaries
Select a card to open it full screen. The matched segment plays immediately, the header names the source (show, episode, and file), and the moment’s full profile sits beside the player.
The result preview: the matched scene plays beside its full profile
The header actions cover everything you would do next with a result:
Control
What it does
Copy link (chain icon)
Copies a shareable link to this exact result, so a teammate lands on the same moment
Download (arrow icon)
Downloads the matched media to your machine
View asset
Opens the source asset in the Library at the matched moment, with comments and metadata around it
Open in editor
Sends the asset to the Tessact Editor with the matched range carried over, ready to trim and place
Result actions: copy link, download, view the asset, or open it in the editor
The strip along the bottom keeps the rest of your results one click away: use the thumbnail rail or the arrow buttons to flip between matches without leaving the preview. Next to it, How was this search result? takes a quick thumbs up or down; feedback tunes ranking for your workspace over time.
Flip through results on the rail, and rate the match when you land on the right one
This is the flow editors love: describe the moments you need, tick them off the results, and land in the Editor with every clip already on hand. No hunting through bins, no exporting and re-importing.
Pick moments from the results; the selection bar keeps count
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Add clips to your selection
Hover any result and select Add selection (the + control). A checkmark marks it as picked, and you can keep collecting across the whole result set, mixing scenes, shots, and even document moments.
Hovering a card reveals Add selection
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Review the selection bar
The floating bar at the bottom counts what you have picked, for example 2 files selected, sourced From Library. Clear everything with the X if you want to start over.
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Edit the selected clips
Select the draft control on the bar to open Edit selected clips. The dialog notes that Editing these clips creates a Video Draft: choose where it lives with Location: In Library, then select Open in editor.
Edit selected clips: pick a location and open the draft in the editor
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Start cutting
Tessact creates the Video Draft and opens it in the Editor with your searched clips ready on the timeline.
From a described moment to an editable timeline without ever browsing folders.
Refine one axis at a time: add a time of day, switch Match by, or drop one adjective; small changes keep results interpretable.
Broaden when empty: remove the least essential qualifier, reset Search All, and widen the Search inside scope before rewriting the whole query.
Trust the adjustment note: if Query adjusted to appears, the rewritten phrasing is a good starting point for your next refinement.
Newly uploaded assets become searchable once their AI analysis completes; a livestream becomes searchable chunk by chunk while it is still live. If a search reports no indexed assets in the current scope, the content there has not been analysed yet.
Live sessions are indexed while they run, so you can search a stream before it ends.
AI Search in the Editor
Pull searched moments straight onto the timeline while editing.
You can now find any moment in your library by describing it, steer the search with scopes and filters, and jump from a result straight into review or editing.
