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title: "Descript"
description: "Edit video and podcasts by editing text, powered by AI"
url: "https://shippin.io/products/descript"
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# Descript

> Edit video and podcasts by editing text, powered by AI

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Website | https://descript.com/ |
| Category | Video |
| Pricing | Freemium |
| Launched | 28 July 2026 |
| Upvotes | 0 |
| Builder | [@shippinio](https://shippin.io/users/shippinio.md) |
| Logo | https://img.logo.dev/descript.com?token=pk_aazUW6Q3T3mf77KpXTSxcw |
| Cover | https://img.logo.dev/descript.com?token=pk_aazUW6Q3T3mf77KpXTSxcw&size=512 |

## About Descript

Descript is a video and podcast editing tool built around a genuinely novel workflow: it automatically transcribes recorded audio or video into an editable text document, and editing that text, deleting a sentence, moving a paragraph, directly edits the underlying media file to match, which lets creators edit spoken content roughly as easily as editing a word processing document instead of manually scrubbing through a timeline to find and cut specific moments. Its Overdub feature can generate a synthetic version of a speaker's own voice, trained on samples of their real voice, letting a creator fix a flubbed line or add a small correction by typing new text rather than needing to re-record an entire take just to fix one small mistake. Descript's Studio Sound feature automatically cleans up background noise and improves audio quality, which matters significantly for podcasters and video creators recording in less-than-ideal acoustic environments like a home office rather than a professional studio. The platform also includes tools for removing filler words automatically, generating video clips optimized for social media from a longer piece of source content, and multi-track editing for more traditional, timeline-based editing when the text-based workflow isn't the right fit for a specific task. Descript is aimed at podcasters, video creators, and marketing teams producing regular video and audio content who want a faster, more accessible editing workflow than traditional timeline-based video editing software.

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