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Descript has completely revolutionized my video creation process! As someone who works extensively with interviews and spoken content, this tool is a game-changer. What used to take me hours—like cutting filler words, or finding specific quotes—now takes mere minutes.

The transcription feature is fast and impressively accurate, and the ability to edit audio and video simply by editing the text is an absolute time-saver. The Underlord AI is an unexpected gem, helping me create written content directly in app. Whether it’s crafting YouTube descriptions or generating detailed show notes complete with timestamps, it handles it all seamlessly.

For anyone in video production, Descript isn't just a nice-to-have—it's essential. My workflow is faster, my content is better, and I can't imagine going back to the old way of doing things. Highly recommend! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript has been focused on adding editing features but they still pale in comparison to other non linear editing softwares. I wish the workflow was a bit easier between Descript and other platforms, for example Multi-cam sequences only works with a couple softwares but not FCPX. Also I was dissapointed they removed Regen as a standalone function and require you to authenticate voices. We work with a variety of different speakers - we don't have the ability to record the Overdub permission statement. The customer support is sometimes slow, I had a case that was escalated but never recieved a follow up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The "Eye Contact" feature is really nice and works well. It's also really good to have access to various types of stock media, for where I might not already have the necessary B-roll or bg music/sounds. The transription feature generally works about as well as anyone else's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although I have a VERY fast computer (Core i9, 80GB ram, 4TB M.2 SSD, RTX 4080 Super), and a 500MB u/d fiber internet connection, much of the functionality takes (what seems like) an inordinately long time to process. It took 1.5 minutes to process the breen screen (background removal) effect on a 45 second clip, and it ended up removing my mic in front of my and my right shoulder, in addition to the background. I'm sure that all/most of the functionality is being handed off to their servers for processing, so it would be good if a user could choose between client side or server side processing and see which works best for them. Also, the editor is a bit clunky/touchy/finicky to use sometimes. It's also not helpful that the right sidebar for Effects, Elements, Stock media, etc. can't be resized, so for somethng like looking for a clip in Stock, it can take a LOT of scrolling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript's script editor, transition and sound effects make editing so much more efficient. I love the different features like background customizations, animations for elements added to the screen, zoom and other layouts for the main image/screen. I love the transcript editing and export ease. I love using UnderLord AI for quick clarity or filler word edits and I love the studio sound effect to boost audio and ducking when needed for leveling background noise or music. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

In my lower tier paid option, there is no bulk transitions/sound effects. That's tedious. I also find creating titles tedious and time consuming. Wish there were a faster way to that. I don't like having only 12 sound effects on my plan. I feel a paid version should have many more options to that element. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript is always innovating and adding features.

When i first got it - the ability to edit the video recording by editing text was a game changer. It cut my podcast interview editing time by 70 %.

... That enabled me to start a second podcast.

I even went back and used descript to edit previously published episodes which gave me much cleaner edges.

... Innovation is great, there are features being added, it seems, all the time, from squadcast partnership - making multiple people to join a recording easier, to AI features like one to make eye contact improvements for peopel who do not look at the camera!

... and the AI feature which lets me add content by - generating in my voice from text - just another example why I am hooked on Descript.

... Two more things - customer support - is fantastic - I have had questions and stumbles and received great real human help in solving. The help database is good for most things though.

The final thing that was a game changer for me was the ability to go back and get past versions. recovering a past version to re-edit has saved me hours! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does require a good bit of memory sometimes... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Descript every day to record and edit podcast episodes. You don't have to be a professional video producer to have a great podcast and YouTube channel.

My favorite features are:

- Remove filler words - I have about 100 per episode removed in one click

- Automatic multi cam - Auto creates 100 scenes per episode that feature active speaker and reaction shots

- Social clips - Easy to create 1-2 minute clips for social media

- Good show notes and episode summaries

Overall Descript makes it possible for me to be an army of one producing over 200 podcast episodes in one year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be a bit glitchy from time to time. They need to improve training and support videos on the best way to use all the features of their solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I run a bootstrapped podcast called Crayon Box Politics and do all my recording, producing, and content creation on my own. Having started out using Garageband, and migrating to Adobe Audition, I started looking for a tool that would be an all in one solution that would allow for romote recording and have a built in editing toolkit that would save me time. I looked into other applications like riverside.fm but nothing came close to the ease of use that Descript provides. Couple that with the pricing and for me it is hands down the best product for what I am doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The limitations of access to the smart features which are at times hit or miss is my one major complaint about the product. As a bootstrapped creator, i dont have the cash flow to allow me to pay for a fully unlimited plan and I would like to see the AI features become more usable. I have wasted my limited access simply learning the features and that hinders me in my production process. The highlights feature is not great, and I still have not tested the video editing features simoly because I dont understand them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is easily the very best software that I use on a daily basis. I use it to help transcribe meetings from recorded phone calls, I record all of my social media content directly into the app as well as utilizing their partner Squadcast, which is a seamless integration in the script for all of my podcast content. It makes collaboration simple an work effective. It was easy for me to get started and the learning curve was so low! Lastly, anytime I have needed help, the team was always there to help me! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only improvement that I would like to see our additional editing function to the video itself so that I don't have to take it in color corrected and a different app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When I first started on the idea of podcasting, I nearly gave it away after doing my first manual editing. It took over 3 hours and was still crappy.

Then I found Descript. Umms and Arghs - gone. Instantly. All of them.

Podcast is now record - upload to Descript. Use Overloard for some quick edits. Listen back once and edit the transcript on the fly.

Drag in the intro and outro and publish.

From pushing record to pushing publish is 1hr and 10 mins for a 30 minute podcast.

It's my favourite part of the week now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think there are probably a lot of things Descript can do that I'm not aware of.

I love the way it cuts down my shorts for me but the AI doesn't always work that well in choosing the right clips. I generally get one good one and use that as the teaser video.

One click publish to Spotify would be EPIC!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript has been amazing to use in my work. It has cut out so much time with respect to tasks like podcast editing. I also love the AI features available for use when creating show notes, etc.

It's easy to use, easy to figure out, easy to install, and easy to edit. I use it almost every day in my work, and love how everything is saved on a cloud so that I don't lose files, and so they don't have to be stored on my computer.

I also love how videos can be easily created to integrate or use on other apps. Closed Captions, Color Branding, the works. Thanks descript! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm pretty happy with descript and I don't know what to compare it to besides the old garage band which made edits quite inefficient.

So, compared to that, I'm quite happy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript is the perfect tool to add to my tech stack as a social media marketer who focuses on content repurposing. I use it to take a webinar and break it up into smaller chunks and use that for social media.

In the past, marketers had to spend money or even transcribe webinars themselves. With descript, you can do it with the click of a button. This makes it easy to have our team read through the transcript and pull out any relevant quotes that can help gain more traction on our social media.

It is also very affordable. I use it for every single webinar! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish Descript had a feature similar to OPUS.AI where it can automatically add in emojis to the transcripts. This would make it better for social media content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.