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What is Descript?

Descript is a collaborative audio/video editor, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, that works like a doc. It includes transcription, a screen recorder, publishing, full multitrack editing, and AI tools.

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What is Descript?

Descript is a collaborative audio/video editor, from the company of the same name in San Francisco, that works like a doc. It includes transcription, a screen recorder, publishing, full multitrack editing, and AI tools.

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What is Descript?

Descript Video

Descript is a collaborative audio/video editor that works like a doc. It includes transcription, a screen recorder, publishing, full multitrack editing, and some mind-bendingly useful AI tools. Try Descript for free: http://descri.pt/youtube Video by @czeins and our friends at @sandwich.

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Descript is a versatile tool that has found a valuable place in the workflows of users in various departments. Users in the Marketing department rely on Descript for developing videos, podcasts, and transcribing audio and video files for blog posts and training materials. The software simplifies the process of basic video editing and transcription tasks, making it an easy and intuitive tool for content creation. Content creators particularly find Descript helpful for creating short video clips from longer recordings and as a transcription tool. With Descript, they can edit customer interviews and videos for hosting inside eWebinar, saving significant time compared to other video editing software.

Descript's ability to rapidly transcribe long-form and short-form video content is a key benefit that many users appreciate. This feature allows them to efficiently transcribe and clean up interview recording transcripts, which ultimately saves them money compared to human transcription services. Researchers, in particular, find this feature valuable as they can easily transcribe and clean up interview recording transcripts without the need for external transcription services.

Another important use case of Descript is the creation of micro-content like audiograms and shareable clips on major social media platforms. This functionality enables users to create unique content that can be shared across multiple channels effortlessly. Additionally, Descript is widely used by content creators in various fields for editing live shows, podcasts, and creating support content like quotes, clips, and audiograms. The flexibility of the tool allows it to be utilized for recording, transcribing, editing, and captioning both audio and video content.

Descript's simplified editing capabilities make it as easy as editing a word document. This user-friendly interface is highly appreciated by radio journalists who use Descript to organize audio clips, highlight important soundbites, and meet filing deadlines. Alongside its editing features, Descript automatically removes filler words, streamlining the editing process even further.

One of the major advantages of using Descript is workflow efficiency. It enables fast content editing and easy sharing across multiple channels, making it suitable for creating pre-recorded webinars, training videos, and members-only content.

In summary, Descript is a versatile tool that serves a wide range of use cases. From basic video editing and transcription tasks to the creation of micro-content and simplified audio editing, Descript simplifies the process of content creation across various fields. Its value is seen in marketing departments, content creators, radio journalists, researchers, and many more who benefit from its intuitive interface and efficient workflow.

Document-style editing: Many users have found the document-style editing of video and audio to be a game changer, as it allows people with no traditional video or editing skills to easily record, edit, and publish projects without assistance. This feature provides a user-friendly interface that simplifies the entire editing process.

Overdub feature: The overdub feature has been appreciated by several users as it saves time and effort by eliminating the need to re-record small audio changes during the editing process. With this feature, users can seamlessly make adjustments to their recordings without having to start from scratch.

Automatic identification and removal of filler words: Another highly praised feature is the automatic identification and removal of filler words, repeated words, etc. This powerful tool quickly improves the quality of recorded audio without requiring manual editing. Users can enjoy cleaner and more professional-sounding recordings with just a few clicks.

Delay in User Experience: Some users have mentioned experiencing a delay or lag in the user experience when editing due to cloud syncing. This issue has been raised by a significant number of reviewers, indicating that it is a common concern.

Machine Transcriptions Require Post-Editing: Many users have expressed the need for post-editing machine-based transcriptions, suggesting that there is room for improvement in this aspect. The feedback suggests that while the software provides automated transcriptions, they still require manual editing to ensure accuracy.

Inconvenience of Downloading YouTube Videos: Users have found it inconvenient to download YouTube videos before importing them into the software. They suggest adding an option to directly paste the video URL for automatic import, which would streamline the process and enhance user convenience.

Users have made several recommendations for Descript based on their experiences with the product. Many users recommend trying Descript if you are already involved in audio or video editing. This indicates that Descript is a suitable tool for individuals who are familiar with these types of projects and can benefit from its features.

Another common recommendation is to take advantage of Descript's free trial. This recommendation highlights the importance of exploring the software before committing to a paid subscription. By testing it out, users can determine if Descript meets their specific needs.

Lastly, users frequently mention using Descript for transcription services. They appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of the automated transcription feature, making it an efficient tool for transcribing interviews and podcast episodes.

Reviews

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Jürgen Strauss | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Descript for a range of uses - recording audio, transcribing audio and video content, editing audio and video content, captioning videos and also for repurposing existing video and audio content by transcribing and using the text content.

Descript is a tool that is easy to use and makes video and audio editing so simple - just like editing a word document!
  • Audio Editing
  • Video Editing
  • Video Captions
  • Navigating multiple projects and files
  • Ability to duplicate image and text overlays
  • Ability to apply custom templated branding to text overlays
  • Transcription
  • Simple audio and video editing
  • Captioning
  • Video Text and Image overlays
  • huge time saver
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I currently use Descript as a radio journalist to organize my audio clips, highlight important soundbites, lightly edit them, and batch-export certain audio selections. It helps me hit my daily filing deadlines as a reporter and it serves as a backup and library for all of the audio files I capture in the field.
  • Transcribing audio into text
  • Detailed and selective batch exports of audio clips
  • Project organization and file access
  • Doesn't produce a formal invoice that I can submit for reimbursement
  • Still not sure how I would use this to produce an entire story with narration
Descript is fantastic when you have collected a lot of audio (or video) for a story or project and you need to scrub through it to look for the best, most salient things people say. Then you can color-code and export your selections. This helped me immensely when I was working on a radio series with multiple stories and five to six voices per story. I have not yet used it for start-to-finish editing--typically I use it in conjunction with a multitrack editor like Hindenburg or Acoustica.
  • Transcribing
  • File backup
  • Highlighting
  • Helping me hit deadlines
  • Keeping a backup/archive of old tape is important
Descript compares favorably to any audio editor where you can't see the transcription. It's so helpful to be able to see what someone said, select only that, and within 30 seconds, the file is exported and you can put it into your project.
Beau Roberts | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Descript is currently being used by the Marketing department for developing videos & podcasts, and transcribing audio and video files for developing blog posts and training materials.
  • Document-style editing of video and audio. This is really a game changer, enabling people with no traditional video or editing skills to record, edit, and publish video and audio projects without help. And the overdub feature really saves time and effort by removing the need to re-record small audio changes during the editing process.
  • Automated Transcription. Like all machine-based transcription, I wish that it was more accurate sometimes, but it is very competitive with other solutions I've used and it's very nicely integrated into product and workflow.
  • Automatic identification and removal of filler words, repeated words, etc. Again this is really a game changer for me in terms of being able to quickly improve the quality of recorded audio without needing to do manual editing.
  • Integrated one-click publishing. Being able to publish with one click to multiple formats or their cloud-based hosting is very convenient.
  • UX Performance. Because it's synced to the cloud, there can be some delay or lag in the UX when editing.
  • Editing Transcriptions. Machine-based transcriptions always need some post-editing. While Descript makes it pretty easy, I still think there is some room for improvement. For instance, I would like to be able to automatically update for all occurrences of a word after fixing it in the transcript.
  • Automatic importing of YouTube and hosted video files. I often have to download a video from YouTube to be able to import it into Descript. Would be nice to be able to just paste in the URL to the video and have Descript automatically import it.
  • Transcription of internal presentations and web conferences. It's great for capturing and transcribing the audio from presentations, demos, etc. which can then be used to develop training materials, blog posts, etc.
  • Podcasts. Makes it really easy to record, edit, and publish video or audio podcasts.
  • Promotional videos. Streamlines and accelerates the process for developing videos.
  • Document-style editing of video and audio.
  • Integrated and automated transcription
  • Automatic removal of filler words
  • One-click publishing
  • Significantly reduced the amount [of] time and cost associated with producing audio and video projects.
  • Streamlined process and reduced the amount of time required for collaboration on projects.
  • Brings video and audio editing to the mainstream reducing the need for video editing consultants/contractors.
Melissa Kwan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Descript to edit all of our customer interviews and videos to be hosted inside eWebinar. We used to spend hours and hours on another video editing software and not only was it hard to learn, I could never get it to export in the same high resolution that I was editing in. Descript has saved us at least 10 hours of time per week. Taking editing time from an hour on something small to a few seconds.
  • Automatically generates a transcript.
  • Export snippets by highlighting text on the transcript.
  • Exports in the same hi-res quality.
  • Free recorder
  • Responsive support
  • Easily add pictures, shapes, etc. into the video.
  • Editing video elements by editing the transcript.
  • Easy to learn.
  • Doesn't have editing features that pros might require.
For any startup that uses video in their business, Descript is a great way for anyone in the organization to use without bothering their team or hiring a contractor. It's great for demos, instructional videos, eWebinars, anything that doesn't require production-level editing. It's not going to be great for people who need video production and a lot of the other deep features that 20-year-old solutions may have. But it's also not made for that.
  • Auto generate transcript.
  • Export snippets easily.
  • Video and screen recorder.
  • Remove filler words.
  • Editing by editing text.
  • It saves at least 10 hours a week.
  • I no longer dread video editing and that is priceless.
Not only does Camtasia have a steep learning curve; everything that Camtasia takes 1 hour to do, but Descript would also do it in less than a minute.
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