diff --git a/autotranscript/transcript_exporter.py b/autotranscript/transcript_exporter.py
index c6bfa5c..999383d 100644
--- a/autotranscript/transcript_exporter.py
+++ b/autotranscript/transcript_exporter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import json
 import time
 
+
+from typing import Union
+ 
 ALPHABET = [*"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"]
 
 
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ class Transcript:
                               Keys should correspond to segment IDs, and values should
                               contain speaker and segment information.
         """
+
         self.transcript = transcript
         self.speakers = self._extract_speakers()
         self.segments = self._extract_segments()
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ class Transcript:
             kwargs (dict): Dictionary with speaker names as keys and list of segments as values.
 
         Returns:
-            dict: Dictionary with speaker names as keys and the corresponding annotation as values.
+            dict: Dictionary with speaker names as keys and list of segments as values.
 
         Raises:
             ValueError: If the number of speaker names does not match the number 
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ class Transcript:
             raise ValueError("Number of speaker names does not match number of speakers")
         
         if args:
-            for arg, speaker in zip(args, self.speakers):
+            for arg, speaker in zip(args, sorted(self.speakers)):
                 annotations[speaker] = arg
         
         invalid_speakers = set(kwargs.keys()) - set(self.speakers)
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ class Transcript:
         annotations.update({key: kwargs[key] for key in self.speakers if key in kwargs})
 
         self.annotation = annotations
-        return annotations
+        
+        return self
     
     def _extract_speakers(self) -> list:
         """
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ class Transcript:
             eseg = time.strftime("%H:%M:%S",time.gmtime(segm[1]))
             
             fstring += f"{speaker} ({sseg} ; {eseg}):\t{seq['text']}\n"
+        
         return fstring
     
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ class Transcript:
         
         return self.transcript
     
-    def get_json(self, *args, **kwargs) -> str:
+    def get_json(self, *args, use_annotation : bool = True, **kwargs) -> str:
         """
         Get transcript as json string
         :return: transcript as json string
@@ -129,6 +135,12 @@ class Transcript:
         """
         if "indent" not in kwargs:
             kwargs["indent"] = 3
+        
+        if use_annotation and self.annotation:
+            for _id in self.transcript:
+                seq = self.transcript[_id]
+                seq["speakers"] = self.annotation[seq["speakers"]]
+            
         return json.dumps(self.transcript, *args, **kwargs)
     
     def get_html(self) -> str:
@@ -264,5 +276,26 @@ class Transcript:
             self.to_pdf(path, *args, **kwargs)
         else:
             raise ValueError("Unknown file format")
+        
+    @classmethod
+    def from_json(cls, json: Union[dict, str]) -> "Transcript":
+        """Load transcript from json file
+
+        Args:
+            path (str): path to json file
+
+        Returns:
+            Transcript: Transcript object
+        """
+        if isinstance(json, dict):
+            return cls(json)
+        else:
+            try:
+                transcript = json.loads(json)
+            except:
+                with open(json, "r") as f:
+                    transcript = json.load(f)
+            
+            return cls(transcript)
 
     
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