Descript

Edit a recording through its transcript

Descript is an AI video and audio editor built around text-based editing. You can record in Descript or bring in existing audio or video. The platform transcribes the recording, then lets you cut, trim and rearrange the media by changing that transcript.

Descript explains the connection directly: deleting a word removes that moment of video, while moving a sentence moves its footage. A timeline remains available for finer control. Its documented inputs include audio, video and recordings from Zoom calls, so an existing conversation can become an editing project.

Direct an AI co-editor or make the edits yourself

Underlord is Descript's AI video editor. The company describes asking it for the edits you want or for help deciding what a recording needs. You can also use Descript's editing tools yourself. The product's recording and editing workflow includes media import, remote recording and video templates.

Studio Sound offers AI-assisted background-noise removal and voice enhancement. These tools sit alongside the transcript editor, allowing you to work on the recording's sound as well as its structure. Descript presents them as part of the same production workflow.

Turn longer recordings into other assets

Descript supports turning a long-form video or podcast into clips. Its podcast workflow includes recording, transcription, editing and publishing within the platform. The homepage also lists screen recording and video transcription among the supported uses.

For missing material, Descript describes generating video, voice audio, music and images to accompany existing footage, with a choice of models. That gives editors another documented way to fill gaps in a project. The source does not establish how a generated asset will look in a particular recording, so quality claims need your own evaluation.

Try the workflow and check team requirements

Descript advertises a free plan without a credit-card requirement for recording, editing and publishing, with upgrades when its limits no longer fit. The homepage also describes collaboration and brand controls for business teams, plus administrative controls for users and permissions.

Start with the official Descript site to inspect the current offering. This overview follows the company's published feature descriptions; it does not report a hands-on editing test or promise a production-time saving.