Speaker-aware transcription
Labels voices and keeps transcript edits tied to source media
Video & Animation
Music & Audio
Writing & Content
Descript
Podcasters, video creators, and marketing teams reach for Descript when they want to edit recordings as text instead of wrestling with a traditional timeline.
Runs on
Web
Windows
macOS
Available on
Web
Built for
Small Business
Remote Teams
Marketing
Education
Everyday Users
Overview
What is Descript?
Editing through the transcript
Descript turns recorded speech into editable text, so deleting a sentence also cuts the corresponding audio or video. It combines transcription, a timeline, screen recording, captions, and multitrack composition in one project. Conventional timeline controls remain available when the transcript is not enough.
Where it fits
- Podcasts: remove tangents, tighten pauses, and repair small spoken mistakes with Overdub.
- Video teams: reshape interviews into clips, then add captions and layouts.
- Course creators: record screens, clean narration, and export polished lessons.
Plans, limits, and friction
The free tier is useful for testing the workflow, but exports, transcription hours, and AI actions are limited. Paid tiers increase media and AI allowances rather than removing every cap. Transcription is usually strong on clean speech; overlapping voices and noisy recordings still need correction. Large projects can feel sluggish, and AI edits occasionally introduce artifacts.
Capabilities
Key features
Studio Sound cleanup
Reduces room noise and improves spoken-word recordings
Filler-word detection
Finds removable ums, pauses, and repeated phrases
Dynamic caption styling
Creates animated subtitles with editable fonts and layouts
AI clip repurposing
Extracts short social clips from longer recordings
Keep exploring
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