Descript

About Descript

Descript fundamentally reimagines video and podcast editing by transcribing media and presenting it as a text document. Editors delete words from the transcript and the corresponding audio or video disappears — no timeline scrubbing required. This text-based approach makes editing intuitive for journalists, podcasters, and educators who think in prose rather than waveforms. The Overdub feature creates a realistic voice clone from a sample recording, enabling creators to fix mispronounced words or add new sentences without re-recording. Filler word removal scans transcripts and eliminates every 'um', 'uh', and 'like' in one click. Studio Sound processes audio through AI to produce cleaner, more professional output from suboptimal microphones. Green screen removes backgrounds from webcam footage automatically. Multicam editing handles interview-style productions with multiple camera angles. Collaboration tools enable team review and approval workflows. Social media presets export clips in platform-optimized formats.