Descript is a game changer for video and audio content production
July 06, 2021
Descript is a game changer for video and audio content production
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Descript
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.
- 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.
Do you think Descript delivers good value for the price?
Yes
Are you happy with Descript's feature set?
Yes
Did Descript live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Descript go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Descript again?
Yes