Descript
About Descript
Descript is a transcription management and video editing software that is designed for businesses in multiple industries, such as marketing, sales, user research, online learning, and customer support. It helps team members collaborate on projects, send feedback, create shared folders, add comments, and track document versions.
Descript enables staff members to upload audio files to automatically generate and edit text transcriptions on a centralized platform. Employees can use the video editing tool to update transcriptions and automatically edit or crop video and audio files accordingly. It lets users add introductions, title cards, captions, transitions, animations, and shapes across videos, images, and GIFs. Supervisors can create shareable links, search transcripts, and embed videos across multiple platforms, such as blog posts, help documents, and other content management systems.
Descript provides an API, which lets businesses integrate the platform with several third party solutions, including Evernote, Slack, Google Drive, DropBox, and Box. The overdub functionality lets staff members utilize text-to-speech technology to automatically generate voiceovers.
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- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The podcast editing tool that has helped us scale our podcast editing agency
Reviewed on 19/05/2021
Descript helps my team collaborate with clients on their podcast episodes. Hosts give us their...
Descript helps my team collaborate with clients on their podcast episodes. Hosts give us their recordings and then they leave us feedback in the form of comments on the transcript. It makes communication clear for everyone on our team and the collaboration features make it possible for us to have our remote team. We are able to help our clients sound their best with the filler word detection, something that would not be an effective option if we were editing with audio alone.
Pros
I love how easy it is to edit audio using the auto transcription. It allows for other great features like filler word and word gap detection/removal. The integration with Zapier allows us to import new media, and the publishing integrations allow us to export to hosts and other apps we use in our clients workflows.
Cons
For more advanced editing, I wish there were integrations with Adobe Audition that would make it easy to locate spots that have been commented on and then reimport or sync the changes. For our workflow, I would also love if we could utilize an API to directly integrate Descript with our workflow rather than needing to utilize Zapier.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
For Perfect Transcriptions
Reviewed on 7/06/2021
This is a must-have product that will simplify your life. You won't realize how much time it saves...
This is a must-have product that will simplify your life. You won't realize how much time it saves until you use it. Fortunately, there is a fantastic free trial to try it out. The shortcuts are really useful and will save you a significant amount of time. There is a lot to learn, but once you do, the software will save your life.
Pros
1. Descript's key feature is how it transcribes your audio and converts it into an editable word document. I was astounded to discover how simple it was to effectively cut and paste words while simultaneously moving the audio waveforms.
2. It makes use of the Google speech to text engine, which has been demonstrated to be the market leader in numerous studies.
3. Transcripts are attractive and are designated by individuals. With just one click, you can securely send transcripts with video or audio.
Cons
1. It becomes slow with time, and you must pay to utilize it on a regular basis.
2. Although the automatic, entry-level version of Descript has a transcribing accuracy of roughly 95%, there are still grammatical problems.
3. It takes longer than I expected to look over transcriptions and revise them later, so I have to spend more time correcting the transcripts even during my working hours.
- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Not yet stable enough for professional use
Reviewed on 19/05/2021
Pros
This is could be a game changing piece of software. it combines transcription and audio editing into one. The option to collaborate in the cloud like a google doc opens up many possibilities. But there is one big downside....
Cons
It is not yet reliable enough. There have been two occasions in last few months where Descript just stopped working. I lost days' worth of work on broadcast critical projects.
The first time an entire project wouldn't open and just hung. That meant all of the work for an entire podcast episode was inaccessible. I contacted tech support and tweeted them. I heard nothing back. After a friday and weekend of panic and frustration, the project did open.
Perhaps stupidly, i carried on using Descript. A month or so later a Composition (their name for a document within a project) I was working on just stopped working. The error message just said press reload. But that did nothing. Because it is cloud based I had nothing on my hard drive to try and salvage. it just stopped working. i lost at least 8 hours of work. i contacted tech support and their discord server. Still haven't had a response. I had to do the work all over again.
If you work in professional audio, sadly my advice is to stay away from Descript till it gets more reliable.
- Industry: Law Practice
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Descript is a gamechanger!
Reviewed on 17/06/2021
Fantastic. Couldn’t be happier.
Fantastic. Couldn’t be happier.
Pros
We do a smaller podcast, and it’s cut the editing time in half. The ability to automatically delete filler words and audio gaps has been a major timesaver and the software keeps evolving. The company listens to users and makes changes accordingly. Looking forward to see where it goes from here.
Cons
I have no real complaints. The editing tool can sometimes be a bit wonky, but I think it’s note user error than a problem with the tool.
- Industry: Media Production
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Monthly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
SMOOTH Audio Editing
Reviewed on 24/06/2021
I've been able to edit audio a lot faster which means faster turn around on my VO project and a lot...
I've been able to edit audio a lot faster which means faster turn around on my VO project and a lot less friction from starting a project to completion. I used to dread jumping into Adobe Audition to record and edit files for Voice Over. Descript is a lot smoother.
Pros
The quick auto transcription was really a game-changer for editing audio.
Cons
There was a little learning curve for figuring out playback, but they've since fixed it.
Descript FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Descript.Q. What type of pricing plans does Descript offer?
Descript offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$15.00/month
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
Descript offers a free basic account with screen recording, collaboration features, and 3 hours of transcription. Only editors pay. The three types of paid accounts include: • Creator: $12/editor/month (annual) or $15/editor/month (monthly) • Pro: $24/editor/month (annual) or $30/editor/month (monthly) • Enterprise: Get in touch with us for custom pricing.
Q. Who are the typical users of Descript?
Descript has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Descript support?
Descript supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Descript support mobile devices?
Descript supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Descript integrate with?
Descript integrates with the following applications:
Asana, Box, Dropbox Business, Evernote Teams, Gmail, Google Drive, OneDrive, Slack, Zapier
Q. What level of support does Descript offer?
Descript offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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