Descript

Descript is a software platform for recording, editing, and publishing podcasts and videos. It transcribes audio and video automatically and lets users edit content by editing the text transcript, with changes syncing to the underlying media. This transcript-based workflow is designed to speed up production and make editing accessible to creators without traditional audio or video editing experience.

The platform includes built-in remote recording (Descript Rooms) supporting up to 10 guests in up to 4K video, recorded locally to avoid internet-related quality issues. It offers a timeline-based editor with professional controls for adjusting audio and video, removing filler words and cross-talk, and correcting color. An AI assistant called Underlord can generate episode titles, show notes, and scripts, translate content into multiple languages, remove filler words and retakes, fix mispronunciations through text-based regeneration, and improve the sound quality of remotely recorded audio.

Descript also provides tools for repurposing long-form podcast and video content into social media clips, using AI to identify segments with engagement potential and offering layout templates for different platforms. Additional capabilities include a library of royalty-free music, images, and video, collaborative project workflows for teams, and tools for generating podcast titles and summaries from transcripts. It serves podcasters, video creators, marketers, and teams that produce audio or video content and need to record, edit, and distribute episodes efficiently.