Transcript-native video editing

Edit video like a document.

Descript is the editor that turned cutting video into editing text: delete a sentence and the clip is gone, strip every “um” in one click, and fix a bad mic with Studio Sound — then publish without a render queue.

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Transcript · edits cut the video

So the thing is, um, we tried to like ship the feature you know, before launch.

And uh honestly it kinda just worked.

RUNTIME 12:34 → EDITED 08:12 ✓ 5 filler words removed

The edit, running

Scroll — and watch the transcript cut itself.

Every filler word is found, struck, and removed. The timeline tightens. Ten seconds of dead air, gone before you finish reading this.

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So the thing is um we were trying to like get the launch out the door you know and honestly uh it just kinda worked out.

The team spent weeks on the messaging and the whole thing landed basically exactly where we wanted, I mean faster than anyone expected.

If you’re still scrubbing a timeline to find one bad sentence, right this is the part that changes your whole week.

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10×Faster than a traditional timeline edit — cuts happen where the words are.

1-clickFiller removal. Every “um” and “uh” across the whole project at once.

0 rendersShare a live link and let people watch, comment, and edit in place.

Timeline vs. transcript

Traditional editor vs. Descript

The difference isn’t a feature list. It’s whether you edit the video, or edit the words that make the video.

The timeline editor

Hours of tedious editing

Scrubbing for cut points

Drag the playhead and hunt for every edit until it looks right.

Filler removed by hand

“Um,” “uh,” “like” — ripped out one nervous edit at a time.

Bad audio means a re-record

Noise, echo, a bad mic — start the take over.

Render, upload, version, repeat

Wait on exports and manage files just to share a note.

Descript

Professional results in minutes

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Delete text, cut video

Remove a sentence from the transcript and the clip is gone. Instantly.

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One-click filler removal

Every hesitation word wiped from the project at once.

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Studio Sound

One click makes any mic sound like a treated room.

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One link to share

Publish to a live link and keep working — no render, no versions.

The trade: you stop editing a timeline and start editing a document — and the document is what your audience actually hears.

What makes it different

AI that compresses hours into minutes

01 — THE CORE

Edit by editing text

Cut, rearrange, and polish video by working on the auto-generated transcript. Highlight a sentence, delete it, and the video cuts with it — then drag paragraphs to reorder the scenes.

Automatic transcription in 23 languages
Cut video by cutting words
Rearrange scenes by moving paragraphs

Studio Sound & AI audio

Turn any recording into studio-quality audio in a single click. Remove background noise, smooth echo, and correct for camera eye contact — all handled automatically.

1-click Studio Sound enhancement
AI Eye Contact correction
Overdub to fix misspoken words

Publish, share & collaborate

Share a project as a live link. Your team can comment, review, and edit together — without downloading files or passing versions around.

Share via link, no rendering
Real-time collaboration
Built-in screen recording

The full toolkit

Advanced capabilities

The professional tools that make Descript the only editor many creators need to open.

Filler word removal

Detect and remove “um,” “uh,” “you know,” and every other hesitation across the entire project in one click — tightening pacing without a single scrub.

AI green screen

Remove and replace backgrounds with no physical green screen. Built for presentations, product demos, and social clips.

Automatic captions

Generate animated, styled captions in seconds, then tune the fonts, colors, and motion to match your brand.

Screen recording

Record screen, camera, and audio together and start editing the recording the moment you stop.

Multitrack editing

Work with multiple audio and video tracks; Descript handles the complexity so you can stay with the story.

Template projects

Save your favorite layouts, styles, and captions as reusable templates and ship consistent content faster.

The proof

“Descript changed everything about how we produce our podcast. What used to take 4 hours of editing now takes 45 minutes. The transcript-based editing is genuinely magical.”

Sarah LinPodcast Producer, MarketScale

10×Faster than a traditional editor

23Languages supported

MillionsOf creators worldwide

45 minTo finish what took 4 hours

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