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- Homebrew
brew install --cask descript
About Descript
Descript transcribes recordings and lets you cut and rearrange video or audio by editing the transcript like a document, instead of scrubbing a timeline. It combines recording, transcription, editing and publishing in one tool.
An AI co-editor can carry out edits on request, such as producing batch social media cuts, or you can edit by hand. It suits podcasters, course makers and teams producing talking-head video who want to work from text.
Strengths
- Edit video and audio by editing the transcript
- Recording, editing and publishing in one tool
- AI assistant for batch cuts and edits
Limitations
- Best suited to speech-heavy content
- Relies on transcription, which works best with clear audio
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree to start, with paid plans for more features.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Descript
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Best suited for
- Podcasters and creators editing spoken video and audio
- Categories
- Video editing, Audio tools, AI assistants
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Descript
Compare allSoftware that can replace Descript for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Captions
An AI video editor that cuts footage, adds captions and B-roll, and creates AI avatars.
Captions is a web-only AI editor that edits whole videos from a chosen style and adds captions and avatars, instead of editing through the transcript.
invideo AI
A browser-based video editor where AI agents cut and edit footage from plain-language instructions.
invideo AI applies plain-language instructions on a multitrack timeline with real-time collaboration, running only as a hosted web service without desktop apps.
VEED
A browser-based video editor with AI video generation, dubbing, subtitles and brand templates.
VEED is a browser-based editor with automatic subtitles and dubbing aimed at marketing content, but it lacks transcript-based editing and desktop apps.
Kapwing
A browser-based collaborative video editor with AI tools for generating and editing video projects.
Kapwing is a browser-based collaborative editor with AI project generation and templates, requiring an internet connection and offering no desktop recorder.
Descript as an alternative
Listings that name Descript as an alternative.
Adobe Podcast
Adobe's browser-based tool for recording, transcribing, editing and cleaning up spoken audio.
Descript adds Windows and macOS apps alongside the web, edits video as well as audio through the transcript, and includes an AI assistant for batch edits.
OpusClip
A web tool that uses AI to cut long videos into short clips and publish them.
Descript edits video by transcript on Windows, macOS and the web, giving manual control over clips instead of automatic short-clip generation.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Clipchamp
Microsoft's video editor that runs in the browser or as a Windows app, with templates and stock media.
Tella
A screen recorder for Mac, Windows and the web that records, edits and shares videos.
Subtitle Edit
Creates, retimes, translates and fixes subtitles, with a waveform so you can see where the speech is.
Screen Studio
A macOS screen recorder that adds automatic zooms and smoothed cursor movement to recordings.
