What is Descript?
Descript approaches editing from a direction most tools ignore: it transcribes your footage first, then lets you edit the video or podcast by editing the text. Delete a sentence from the transcript and the corresponding clip disappears. On top of that text-based workflow, it layers a suite of AI features — filler word removal, voice cloning for corrections, studio-quality audio cleanup — and an AI assistant called Underlord that can execute multi-step editing tasks on command.
The result is an editor that dramatically lowers the skill barrier without sacrificing professional output.
Descript is an all-in-one video and podcast editing platform built around transcript-based editing. You upload or record footage, Descript transcribes it automatically, and you revise the document like a word processor while the underlying media updates in sync. Beyond text editing, it includes multitrack audio editing, screen recording, timeline editing for finer control, AI-powered speech cleanup, eye contact correction, green screen effects, and direct publishing to platforms like YouTube.
It also offers an AI co-editor, Underlord, which can perform tasks like removing filler words, tightening pacing, generating show notes, or drafting clips when you ask it to.
