DescriptVideo and podcast editor where you edit the recording by editing its transcript.
🇺🇸 Descript · San Francisco, United States
Overall score
How it is scored74 /100
Strong
- Pricing
- Freemium · from $24/mo
- Members
- No reviews yet
- Maker
- Descript
- Website
- descript.com
- 80Strong
Ease of use
- —Not rated
Output quality
- 72Strong
Value
- —Not rated
Privacy
- 75Strong
Features
- 62Fair
Integrations
- 77Strong
Platforms
- 76Strong
Momentum
At a glance
- StrengthEditing by transcript is quick to learn
- StrengthAudio clean-up is built in
- WatchFree plan limits transcription hours and export quality
- WatchLess suited to footage without speech
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62 /100
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Documented integrations, and whether there is an API.
About
Descript transcribes a recording and lets you cut, rearrange and clean it up by editing the text. It adds AI tools on top: filler-word removal, Studio Sound for noisy audio, eye-contact correction, automatic captions and clip creation for social platforms. It suits talking-head video, interviews, podcasts and screen recordings more than cinematic footage, and it runs as a desktop app with a web editor.
Features
- Text-based video and audio editing
- Filler-word and silence removal
- Studio Sound noise clean-up
- Automatic captions
- Screen and camera recording
Best for
- Editing talking-head videos and interviews
- Podcasters who want to edit by text
- Cleaning up audio without an engineer
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FAQ
- What is Descript?
- Descript transcribes a recording and lets you cut, rearrange and clean it up by editing the text. It adds AI tools on top: filler-word removal, Studio Sound for noisy audio, eye-contact correction, automatic captions and clip creation for social platforms. It suits talking-head video, interviews, podcasts and screen recordings more than cinematic footage, and it runs as a desktop app with a web editor.
- Is Descript free?
- Descript has a free plan, with paid plans for more usage and features.
- Who makes Descript?
- Descript is built by Descript, based in San Francisco, United States.
- What can I use Descript for?
- Descript is listed for video editing, transcription, subtitles.
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Integrations
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Platforms
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Momentum
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