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TL;DR of Descript
What it is: A text-based video and audio editor. You edit the transcript, the recording edits itself.
Best for: Podcasters, YouTubers, and content teams producing talking-head video at volume. Anyone who needs to turn a recording into something publishable.
Not for: Meeting-heavy teams who need intelligence from their calls. Anyone expecting the free tier to support a real workflow.
Verdict: Genuinely useful if you’re in the right workflow. The text-based editing concept works. The AI tools work, when you have credits for them. The free tier is a demo, not a trial. If your use case starts with meetings, start with tl;dv and bring Descript in for the production layer.
Pricing: Free ($0), Hobbyist ($16/month), Creator ($24/month, up to 3 people), Business ($50/month, up to 5 people). All prices billed annually.
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Descript kept appearing in my research for the better part of a year, and I kept putting it off. Ultimately, Descript isn’t a meeting tool. I knew that. But it kept coming up in the same breath as tl;dv, in Reddit threads, in creator stacks, in “what else do you use alongside your notetaker” conversations, so eventually I had to test it.
I should tell you: I went in with the smug knowledge of someone who made YouTube videos back in 2006 using her Mac’s video editor. Working with words has meant I’ve not flexed my video editing skills for a couple of decades, and my goodness, it’s moved on. I had already texted one of the social team mid-testing to say “omg, the energy you guys have to use to edit a video is insane.” Full caps THANK YOU in response. At minimum, I’ve validated someone’s existence slightly.
What Descript does is let you edit video and audio by editing a transcript. Delete a word from the text, it disappears from the recording. Cut a paragraph, and the footage cuts with it. No timeline scrubbing, no waveform hunting, just a document that happens to have video attached to it. For podcasters, content teams, and anyone producing talking-head video at volume, that’s a genuinely useful piece of kit when you’re dealing with content at scale.
But if you’re coming here because someone told you it would help with your sales calls or customer interviews, you need to know one thing upfront. Descript transcribes your recording to help you edit it. Not to help you act on it. Those are different jobs, and Descript only does one of them.
I burned through two free-tier accounts working that out. Here’s what I found.
What is Descript?
At its core, Descript is a text-based video and audio editor. You upload or record your content, it transcribes everything, and from that point on you edit the transcript rather than the timeline. Delete a word from the text, it vanishes from the recording. Rearrange a paragraph, the footage rearranges with it. The video is essentially a by-product of the document.
| Feature | What it does | Available on free? |
|---|---|---|
| Text-based editing | Edit transcript, video edits itself | Yes |
| Transcription | Auto-transcribes in 25 languages | Yes |
| Filler word removal | Finds and cuts ums, uhs, likes | Yes |
| Studio Sound | Removes background noise, improves voice quality | Yes (limited) |
| Eye contact correction | Shifts your on-screen gaze to camera | Yes (limited) |
| Speaker identification | Labels speakers in transcript | Yes |
| Regenerate (formerly Overdub) | Smooths awkward cuts, re-renders audio | Yes (5 actions) |
| Voice cloning | Generate new audio in your voice by typing | Hobbyist+ |
| Underlord | AI co-editor, generates visuals and video | Yes (100 credits) |
| AI video and image generation | Generates B-roll and visuals from prompts | Yes (credits) |
| Translate and dub | Translates video into 30+ languages | Creator+ |
| AI avatars | Generate a presenter without recording | Creator+ |
| Social clip creation | Cuts long content into short clips | Yes (limited) |
| Export to YouTube | Publish direct from Descript | Yes |
| Watermark-free export | Clean export without Descript branding | Hobbyist+ |
| Brand Studio | Team-wide brand templates | Business only |
My first impression of the dashboard was mild overwhelm, but I’ll be honest: that’s on me and my very outdated video editing experience, not on Descript. On second look, it was actually pretty calm. The layout makes sense. The sidebar tools are labelled clearly. The AI assistant, Underlord, sits in a panel on the right and waits to be asked things rather than jumping out at you. For software that does this much, it’s not as intimidating as it has any right to be.
What Descript is not is a meeting intelligence tool. There’s no layer that tells you what was decided, who owns the action items, or whether the deal is at risk. It sees your recording as raw material for content production, not as a source of business intelligence. If that’s what you need, you’re looking at a different category of tool entirely.
What it is, is the thing that takes your content and makes it publishable. And I say that as someone who spent an embarrassing amount of time mid-testing thinking “actually, maybe I should start a podcast.”
How I tested Descript
I created two separate free-tier accounts and worked through the product the way a new user would: follow the welcome email, run the suggested first actions, then keep going until something stops you. The first thing that stopped me was running out of credits. Then it happened again on the second account.
I tested text-based editing using a recording I made myself, a scripted piece about what sales teams do with recorded calls, nothing fancy, just me talking to camera. I ran Studio Sound, eye contact correction, face centering, and filler word removal on that recording. I uploaded a Zoom call to test speaker identification and see how Descript handles multi-speaker content. I worked through the transcript editing workflow from end to end on both.
What I did not get to test fully: voice cloning (requires paid plan and a voice setup process), and anything that needs more than 100 AI credits. Which, it turns out, is most of the AI feature set if you do more than one session. Studio Sound costs 10 credits. Eye Contact costs 10 credits. That’s 20% of the free allocation gone in the first two clicks. I’ll come back to that.
How does Descript’s text-based editing actually work?
Descript turns your transcript into the edit. Change the text, the recording changes with it.
I recorded a short audio test, natively in the tool, using a script I’d written about meeting recordings. I spent a few minutes talking to the camera about what sales teams actually do with recorded calls. Descript transcribed it automatically, and the accuracy was good. No missed words, no mangled sentences. For a free tier tool, the accuracy surprised me.
Then I started editing. I deleted a word from the transcript and watched it disappear from the recording. I cut a whole sentence and the audio jumped straight to the next one. I just highlighted the text and hit delete, the same way I’d edit a Google Doc.
The text-based editing is exactly what you’d expect from a tool built around it. Which is to say: it works, and it works cleanly. I did find myself immediately thinking about what I’d use it for, which is probably the most genuine endorsement I can give a tool. Not “this is impressive” in the abstract, but “I can already see where this fits.”
For someone who works primarily in words, the learning curve here was basically zero. The video editor learning curve was a different matter entirely. But the core mechanic, edit the transcript, the recording follows, I got that immediately.
Is Descript’s filler word removal good?
Yes, it works. But how aggressively you use it matters more than whether you use it at all.
I had around seven filler words flagged in my test recording. A mix of “ums,” “uhs,” and the odd “like” scattered through a ninety-second clip. I removed them all in one go. The result got a little jumpy.
Filler words are not just verbal clutter, though. They’re the natural breathing room between thoughts. Remove one or two from a tight section and the cut is invisible. Remove seven from a short recording and the rhythm starts to feel slightly off. Not broken, but too crisp. Like someone edited out your personality along with the ums.
The feature itself is straightforward. Descript scans the transcript, highlights everything it considers a filler word, and offers to cut the lot. You can go through them individually or remove them all at once. My advice: go individually, at least the first time, until you get a feel for where the cuts actually land.
For a polished podcast episode or a client-facing video, used selectively, I can see this really adding a polished edge to the finished product For a naturally conversational speaker who talks the way most people think, wholesale removal is going to make you sound like a very confident robot.
What does Descript’s Regenerate feature do?
Regenerate is Descript’s audio correction tool, previously known as Overdub. It lets you re-render recorded audio without re-recording.
I want to be clear about what I tested here because the feature has layers that aren’t obvious from the interface. What I accessed on the free tier is the repair version: select a word that sounds clipped or awkward, press D, and Descript re-renders it to smooth the cut. You can’t change what was said. The box is locked. You’re just cleaning up what’s already there.
I selected a word, pressed D, and genuinely could not tell where the edit was. Which is either a glowing endorsement or a sign that nothing happened. I’m fairly confident it was the former.
The word-changing version of Regenerate, where you type something different and it generates your voice saying it, requires a voice clone and a paid plan. That’s not made clear anywhere during onboarding. You land on the feature, the interface looks the same, and only when you try to type something new do you hit the wall.
So in practice there are two versions of this feature sharing one name. One smooths cuts invisibly on the free tier. The other requires roughly ten minutes of voice training audio and a Hobbyist subscription before it does anything useful. Both are called Regenerate. Neither version tells you which one you’re using.
What can Descript’s AI tools do in 2026?
Quite a lot, if you have the credits for them.
Descript’s AI toolkit lives under an assistant called Underlord, which sits in a panel on the right side of the editor. It’s impressive in scope: Studio Sound, eye contact correction, face centering, filler word removal, image generation, video generation, social clip creation. The list goes on. It’s the kind of AI co-editor that would take a content team a while to get through.
In practice, I ran out of credits doing exactly what the welcome email told me to do. Twice.
The free tier gives you 100 AI credits at signup. I want to be specific about that word: signup. These are a one-time allocation, not a monthly allowance. They don’t renew. What does renew monthly is your media time, 60 minutes, so the text-based editing itself is genuinely free and unlimited. But the AI tools, Studio Sound, eye contact correction, image generation, Underlord queries, those run on the credit pool. At 10 credits per use for Studio Sound and Eye Contact alone, 100 credits goes faster than you’d expect. Once they’re gone, you’re left with a very good transcript editor and a lot of greyed-out buttons.
Here’s what 100 free credits actually gets you, in practice:
| AI action | Credit cost | Uses on free tier |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Sound (audio cleanup) | 10 credits | 10 uses |
| Eye Contact correction | 10 credits | 10 uses |
| Filler word removal | 0 credits | Unlimited |
| Text-based editing | 0 credits | Unlimited |
| Underlord queries / image generation | Varies by model and action | No fixed number — check usage tab in settings |
The credits don’t renew. The 60 media minutes per month do renew, so the transcript editing stays free. Everything else is on a one-time allocation you’re probably not tracking until it’s gone. One thing worth knowing: Underlord lets you switch AI models mid-session. The cheaper model (Haiku) costs fewer credits. The interface doesn’t make this obvious.
The features I did get to test:
Studio Sound removes background noise and improves voice quality automatically. I tested it on a basic audio recording and it genuinely sounded like a proper podcast afterwards. Clean, warm, noticeably better than the raw file. This one I’d use.
Eye contact correction shifts your on-screen gaze to face the camera even if you were looking elsewhere when you recorded. It worked. But there was something slightly off about my eyes afterwards. Not obviously artificial, just subtly wrong in a way I couldn’t immediately place. The rest of my face looked fine. Just the eyes. If you’ve ever looked at a photo of yourself where the pupils have been retouched slightly too much, it’s that feeling.
Face centering kept me in frame when I was sitting still. The moment I moved around it started cutting half my face off. That’s a user error as much as a product limitation, though. I am not a natural on camera and I fidget. A practiced creator who knows how to stay in frame would probably get better results.
Underlord image generation produced four images from a prompt I gave it describing a sales rep finishing a video call. They were clean, minimal, usable as B-roll. Then I ran out of credits before I could take them anywhere useful.
Does Descript work for meeting recordings?
I guess, technically yes. But technically yes is comes with some massive caveats here.
You can upload a Zoom recording to Descript, or run Descript alongside a call and record the audio directly. The second option is roughly as elegant as it sounds. You’re essentially using a video editor as a makeshift recorder, which works in the same way that using a hammer as a paperweight works. Possible, not really the point.
I uploaded a recording of a two-person coffee chat. Descript transcribed it cleanly and Underlord flagged that it had detected two speakers, then asked if I wanted to assign them names. That’s genuinely useful for anyone editing an interview or a two-person podcast. It did appear to require AI credits to action this, which felt a bit silly, and at this point, I’d already run through two lots of startup credits, so I wasn’t able to see how accurate it was.
But the bigger issue isn’t speaker identification. It’s what Descript does with the meeting once it’s transcribed. The answer is: it helps you edit it. That’s it. There’s no summary of what was decided. No action items. No deal risk flags. No way to search across multiple recordings for every time a specific topic came up. It sees your meeting recording as raw material for a video, not as a source of information you might need to act on.
If you need to know what happened in a meeting, Descript is the wrong tool. It transcribes your recording to help you edit it. Not to help you understand it.
That’s where tl;dv does a different job entirely. tl;dv is built around the intelligence layer: AI summaries, moment tagging, CRM sync, multi-meeting search. That’s where tl;dv does a different job entirely. tl;dv is built around the intelligence layer: AI summaries, moment tagging, CRM sync, multi-meeting search. If you’re weighing up which notetaker actually fits your team, we’ve also put together a full breakdown of the best AI notetakers for sales teams in 2026.
It’s designed for the question “what do I do with what was said in that call.” Descript is designed for the question “how do I turn this recording into something publishable.” They’re not competing. They just don’t overlap.
Descript and tl;dv workflows
Use tl;dv for the intelligence, Descript for the production. Keep them separate and both do their job well.
The workflow I kept coming back to during testing: you run your customer call, webinar, or interview through tl;dv. You get the transcript, the AI summary, the moments tagged, the insights you need to act on. Then, when you want to turn that recording into something publishable, a testimonial clip, a podcast episode, a highlight reel for your website, that’s when you bring Descript in.
One thing worth being clear about: there’s no native integration between the two. You’re downloading the raw recording file from tl;dv and uploading it into Descript. The intelligence stays in tl;dv. The summaries, the tags, the CRM sync, none of that travels with the file. You’re starting fresh in Descript with the audio or video, and using the transcript you already have from tl;dv as your edit guide.
That sounds like an extra step. It is. But it’s the right extra step if the end goal is a polished piece of content rather than an internal clip.
| Workflow | What tl;dv does | What you transfer | What Descript does | End result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webinar to podcast | Records, transcribes, chapters | Raw audio/video file only | Studio Sound, edit by transcript, export | Polished podcast episode |
| Customer testimonial | Flags best moments, transcribes | Raw video file only | Find moments in transcript, add captions, export | Publish-ready clip |
| Slicker reel | Builds internal reel, tags moments | Raw video file only | Clean audio, captions, branded export | External-facing highlight reel |
How much does Descript cost in 2026?
Descript pricing is straightforward until you look closely at it.
| Plan | Annual price | Monthly price | People included | AI credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1 | 100 (one-time) |
| Hobbyist | $16/month | $24/month | 1 | 400/month |
| Creator | $24/month | $35/month | Up to 3 | 800/month |
| Business | $50/month | $65/month | Up to 5 | 1,500/month |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Custom | Custom |
All the prices you see advertised are annual. If you’re paying monthly, add roughly 50% across the board.
The seat caps are real and they’re low. Creator fits three people. Business fits five. For a content team that’s grown past five people, you’re calling Enterprise sales. There’s no in-between.
Voice cloning unlocks at Hobbyist, not Creator. But the Hobbyist version has a 1,000-word vocabulary limit. Type something outside that list and the output falls apart. Full unlimited voice cloning is a Creator feature. So if Regenerate is the reason you’re upgrading, Hobbyist gets you a partial version of it.
The free tier is a demo with a time limit you don’t know about. You get 100 AI credits once, at signup. They don’t renew. The 60 media minutes do renew monthly, so the text-based editing stays free. But every AI tool, Studio Sound, eye contact correction, Underlord, runs on that one-time allocation. I burned through mine in two sessions doing exactly what the product told me to do.
If you’re serious about using Descript for content production, Creator at $24/month annually is where you stop hitting walls. Everything below that is an evaluation.
What are real users saying about Descript?
The praise and the complaints are fairly consistent.
Descript sits at 4.6/5 on G2 across 800+ reviews and 4.7/5 on Capterra across 170+ reviews as of early 2026.
The praise tends to be focused around the same things everywhere: the text-based editing saves time, Studio Sound makes a real difference to audio quality, and once the core workflow clicks it’s hard to go back to a timeline editor. One G2 reviewer said it took their editing time down from several hours to under an hour.
Reddit tells a more complicated story, particularly in r/podcasting where the complaints cluster around three things: stability, pricing, and the credit system.
On stability, the frustration is consistent. One user described having “no way to get a version without the bloat and constant crashing,” and another noted that something breaks almost every time Descript rolls out a new update. That lines up with the G2 data, where slow performance and freezing on larger projects is the second most common complaint.
On pricing, the September 2025 overhaul from transcription hours to media minutes and AI credits landed badly. One r/podcasting user put it plainly: “The pricing structure doesn’t make sense.” Another noted that Descript is pushing users toward annual billing in a way that hits anyone on a tighter budget harder than it should.
Who should actually use Descript?
Descript is a good fit for people who make content for a living, or want to.
If you’re a podcaster, a YouTuber, or anyone producing talking-head video at any kind of volume, this tool was built for you. The text-based editing removes the part of video production that most people find most painful. The AI cleanup tools, Studio Sound, filler word removal, social clip creation, are all pointed at the same problem: turning a raw recording into something you’d actually publish. If that’s your workflow, Descript is worth serious consideration at Creator tier and above.
It also makes sense for anyone already using tl;dv who wants to do more with their recordings. tl;dv captures the intelligence from your calls, webinars, and customer interviews. Descript is where those recordings go when they need to leave the building. A webinar becomes a podcast episode. A customer call becomes a testimonial clip. An internal highlight reel becomes something you’d put on a website. The two tools don’t overlap, they just hand off to each other.
It works best for small teams of up to three people at Creator tier. Beyond that you’re into Business or Enterprise territory.
Descript is not the right tool if:
You’re a sales or customer success team whose primary relationship with recorded calls is understanding what happened in them. Descript will transcribe your calls. It will not tell you what was decided, who owns the next step, or whether the deal is at risk. For that you need a meeting intelligence tool, not a video editor.
You’re expecting the free tier to support a real workflow. It doesn’t. It’s a demo with a one-time credit allocation. Test the concept on free, then decide whether to pay.
You need professional-grade video production. Descript is built for dialogue-heavy content. Complex motion graphics, advanced colour grading, multi-camera productions, it’s not the right tool for any of those.
What are the best Descript alternatives?
The right alternative depends entirely on what you’re trying to do. Descript sits at the intersection of transcription, audio cleanup, and video editing. None of the tools below do all three things the same way.
tl;dv
If the reason you’re looking at Descript is meeting recordings, tl;dv is the tool you actually want. It’s built around the intelligence layer: AI summaries, moment tagging, multi-meeting search, and CRM sync. Where Descript transcribes your recording to help you edit it, tl;dv transcribes your recording to help you understand it and act on it. The two tools aren’t competing. They’re doing different jobs, and for anyone in sales, customer success, or research, tl;dv is the one that belongs in your core stack. Descript is where you go afterwards, if you want to turn that content into something publishable.
Pricing: Free ($0), Pro ($18/seat/month), Business ($29/seat/month), billed annually.
Riverside
If your issue with Descript is recording quality rather than editing, Riverside is worth a look. It records locally rather than compressing over the internet, which means the raw files are significantly better quality, especially for remote interviews and multi-guest podcasts. The editing tools are more limited than Descript’s, but the source material is cleaner. Paid plans start at $19/month annually for the Standard plan, which includes unlimited recording, 1080p video, and separate audio tracks.
CapCut
For social-first creators who need to turn content into short clips fast, CapCut is hard to beat on price. The free tier is genuinely useful, the template library is extensive, and the mobile app means you can edit on your phone. What it doesn’t have is Descript’s transcript-based editing or the audio cleanup quality of Studio Sound. Pro is $7.99/month, and for most casual creators the free plan is enough. If your primary output is Instagram Reels or TikTok rather than polished podcast episodes, CapCut is probably sufficient.
Adobe Premiere Pro
For anyone who needs a proper production suite and is prepared to learn it, Premiere Pro is the professional standard. It does everything Descript does and considerably more, but the learning curve is steep and the text-based editing workflow Descript is built around isn’t really how Premiere works. It’s the right tool if you need advanced colour grading, complex multi-camera edits, or professional broadcast output. It’s not the right tool if you want to edit a podcast in the time it takes to read a transcript. Pricing starts at $22.99/month on an annual plan.
| Tool | Primary use case | Transcription | Meeting intelligence | Content production | Free tier | Paid from |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descript | Text-based video and audio editing | Yes (25 languages) | No | Yes (core use case) | Yes (100 one-time AI credits) | $16/month |
| tl;dv | Meeting intelligence and call recording | Yes (30+ languages) | Yes (core use case) | Basic reels only | Yes (unlimited recordings) | $18/seat/month |
| Riverside | High-quality remote recording | Yes (limited) | No | Basic editing | Yes (2 hours/month) | $19/month |
| CapCut | Social-first short-form video | Yes (captions) | No | Yes (social clips) | Yes (generous) | $7.99/month |
| Adobe Premiere Pro | Professional video production | No | No | Yes (professional grade) | No (7-day trial only) | $22.99/month |
Is Descript worth it in 2026?
Descript is a genuinely good tool, it just sits in a different category to most of what I test. I spend a lot of time reviewing AI meeting tools and productivity software. Descript has AI running through it, but the use case is fundamentally different. This isn’t a tool that helps you act on your meetings. It’s a tool that helps you make something with them.
The text-based editing works. Studio Sound works. The concept of editing a video the same way you’d edit a Google Doc is clever and, once it clicks, makes the alternative feel unnecessarily painful. For podcasters, YouTubers, and content teams producing talking-head video at volume, this is a serious tool worth serious consideration.
But the free tier is not a trial. It’s a demo with a one-time credit allocation that runs out before you’ve finished your first real project. The AI credit system takes planning. The seat caps are low. And if you’re coming here because someone told you it would help with your sales calls, you need a different tool entirely.
Worth flagging: if all you need is to clip a key moment from a call or pull together a quick internal reel, tl;dv already does that. You can create clips directly from the transcript or from meeting notes, and combine them into reels without leaving the platform. Descript is for when that content needs to look polished enough to go external.
Where it gets interesting is in combination with tl;dv for anything beyond that. tl;dv captures the intelligence from your calls, webinars, and customer interviews. Descript is where those recordings go when they need to leave the building. The webinar that becomes a podcast. The customer call that becomes a testimonial clip. The internal highlight reel that becomes something you’d put on a website. tl;dv does the intelligence layer. Descript does the production layer. Neither replaces the other, and together they cover a workflow that most teams are currently solving with three or four tools and a lot of manual work.
If that workflow sounds like yours, Creator tier at $24/month is where you stop hitting walls. Start on free, see if the text-based editing clicks, then decide.
FAQs About Descript
Is Descript free?
Yes, there is a free plan. It includes 60 media minutes per month, basic transcription, and text-based editing. The catch is the AI credits: you get 100 at signup and they don’t renew. Once they’re gone, the AI tools stop working until you upgrade. The free tier is useful for testing whether text-based editing fits your workflow. It’s not sized for ongoing production.
What happens when Descript credits run out?
The AI tools stop working. There’s no visible credit counter by default, no warning mid-project, no email when you hit zero. You open the editor, click Studio Sound or Eye Contact, and the button is greyed out. The text-based editing stays available, your 60 monthly media minutes still renew, so you can still edit a transcript. You just can’t use any AI features until you upgrade. The 100 free credits are a one-time allocation at signup, not a monthly allowance. Once they’re gone, they don’t come back.
Should I use Descript or tl;dv for meeting recordings?
The short answer: use tl;dv if you need to understand the meeting, use Descript if you need to publish something from it. They’re not competing for the same job. tl;dv is built for meeting intelligence: AI summaries, action items, moment tagging, CRM sync, multi-meeting search. It tells you what happened and what to do about it. Descript is built for content production: it transcribes your recording so you can edit it into something publishable. If you need to understand a meeting, tl;dv. If you need to turn a recording into a podcast episode, a testimonial clip, or a highlight reel for your website, that’s Descript’s job. The workflow that makes most sense is tl;dv for the intelligence layer, Descript for the production layer, if you need both.tl;dv supports transcription in over 30 different languages.
To ensure it is suitable for non-english speaking audience, tl;dv is localised in 7 languages.
Is Descript good for meetings?
Not really. Descript can transcribe any recording and let you edit it into a clip or highlight reel. What it cannot do is tell you what was decided, who owns the action items, or whether a deal is at risk. For editing a meeting into publishable content, yes. For understanding what happened in the meeting and acting on it, no. That’s a different category of tool.
What is Overdub, and is it now called Regenerate?
Overdub has been renamed Regenerate. It’s Descript’s audio correction feature, which lets you re-render recorded audio without re-recording. On the free tier, you can select a word that sounds clipped or awkward, press D, and Descript smooths it out. Changing what was actually said requires a voice clone, which requires a paid plan and a voice setup process. The two versions of the feature share one name and one interface, which is confusing until you know to look for it.
How accurate is Descript's transcription?
In testing, accuracy was good. No missed words, no mangled sentences, no issues with technical terms in a scripted recording. Accuracy drops with heavy accents, multiple simultaneous speakers, or significant background noise. Transcription is available in 25 languages.
Can I use Descript with Zoom recordings?
Yes. You can upload a Zoom recording directly to Descript and it will transcribe and edit it the same way it handles any other file. You can also run Descript alongside a live call and record audio directly, though that is a more manual process. Neither approach gives you meeting intelligence from the call. Descript treats the Zoom recording as raw material for editing, not as a source of business information.
