combine-versions

Combine transcript versions

Merge multiple variants of the same transcript into one document so the user can compare or archive them together.

Inputs

Detect available variants for a given source stem by checking for:

• <stem>.raw.txt
• <stem>.cleaned.md
• <stem>.structured.md
• <stem>.blog.md
• <stem>.summary.md
• <stem>.notes.md

User may specify which to include; default is "all available".

Output formats

Markdown (default)

<stem>.combined.md — each variant under an H1 header with metadata:

# Transcript: <stem>

_Generated: YYYY-MM-DD_
_Source: <source audio filename>_

---

# Variant: Raw transcript

_Source file: <stem>.raw.txt_
_Produced by: transcribe-gemini-raw_

<content>

---

# Variant: Cleaned

_Source file: <stem>.cleaned.md_
_Produced by: clean-transcript_

<content>

---

# Variant: Structured

<content>

...

Typst → PDF

<stem>.combined.pdf — styled PDF via Typst.

Typst template:

#set document(title: "Transcript: <stem>")
#set page(
  paper: "a4",
  margin: (x: 2.5cm, y: 2cm),
  header: [#h(1fr) <stem>],
  footer: context [
    #h(1fr)
    Variant: #variant-name #h(2em) Page #counter(page).display()
  ],
)
#set text(font: "IBM Plex Sans", size: 10pt)
#show heading.where(level: 1): it => [
  #pagebreak(weak: true)
  #set text(size: 16pt, weight: "bold")
  #it
]

// For each variant:
#let variant-name = "Raw transcript"
= Raw transcript

<content converted from md to typst>

#let variant-name = "Cleaned"
= Cleaned

...

Note: the variant-name state needs to be tracked per-section so the footer updates correctly — use Typst's state() or per-page context resolution.

Render:

typst compile <stem>.combined.typ <stem>.combined.pdf

Use IBM Plex Sans if available; otherwise fall back to the default Typst font.

Markdown → Typst conversion

For the PDF path, convert markdown content to Typst:

• # H1 → = H1 (but we're already using = for variant headers; demote markdown H1 within content to ==)
• ## H2 → ==
• **bold** → *bold*
• *italic* → _italic_
• - list → - list (Typst supports markdown-like lists)
• Code blocks → raw() blocks

For complex markdown, consider piping through pandoc -t typst if available.

Parameters

• --variants raw,cleaned,structured — pick subset
• --format md|pdf|both — output format(s)
• --output <path> — custom path