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Descript

Transcription management and video & audio editing software

Last updated: November 2024

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Descript - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: November 2024

What is 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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Descript's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Descript users:

Automatic Transcription

4.5

(104)

Speech Recognition

4.4

(82)

Audio/video file upload

4.7

(83)

Text Editing

4.4

(73)

Playback Controls

4.3

(58)

Full Text Search

4.7

(41)

All Descript features

Features rating:

4.6

(171)

Speech-to-Text Analysis

4.8

(4)

Screen Recording

4.8

(6)

Text to Speech

4.0

(1)

Image Editing

5.0

(1)

Drag & Drop

5.0

(2)

Data Import/Export

5.0

(1)

Call Recording

4.0

(1)

Voice Generator

4.8

(6)

Voice Recognition

4.7

(3)

AI Voices

4.9

(7)

Audio Recording

4.5

(15)

Video Editing

4.2

(23)

Audio Manipulation

4.3

(12)

Audio Editor

4.7

(26)

Natural Language Processing

4.9

(12)

Audio Capture

5.0

(9)

Screen Capture

5.0

(4)

Video Capture

4.0

(2)

File Sharing

4.3

(33)

Subtitles/Closed Captions

4.5

(29)

Publishing/Sharing

5.0

(3)

Multiple Format Support

5.0

(1)

Mastering

3.5

(2)

Audio Mixing

3.7

(7)

Timecoding

4.6

(40)

AI/Machine Learning

4.5

(14)

Collaboration Tools

4.4

(22)

Annotations

4.6

(14)

YouTube Uploading

(0)

User Management

(0)

Third-Party Integrations

5.0

(1)

Text Analysis

4.0

(1)

Version Control

(0)

Video Call Recording

(0)

Synchronous Editing

(0)

Video Management

(0)

Video Support

(0)

API

(0)

Automatic Formatting

(0)

Automatic Transcription Services

(0)

Backup and Recovery

(0)

Call Scripting

(0)

Commenting/Notes

(0)

File Management

4.0

(1)

For Marketers

(0)

For Online Learning

(0)

For Sales Teams/Organizations

(0)

Historical Reporting

(0)

Media Library

2.5

(2)

Multi-Voice

5.0

(1)

Multimedia Support

(0)

On-Demand Recording

(0)

Preview Functionality

(0)

Social Sharing

(0)

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Value for Money

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Customer Support

4.4

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4.9

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Ease of Use

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Features

4.8

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4.7

Customer Support

4.8

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4.7

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Features

4.5

Value for Money

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Customer Support

4.4

Wistia

4.7

(172)

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Free trial

Free version

Ease of Use

4.7

Features

4.5

Value for Money

4.3

Customer Support

4.6

Descript pricing

Value for money rating:

4.6

Starting from

Per month

Flat Rate

Pricing details

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Free trial

Free plan

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Descript integrations (19)

Integrations rated by users

We looked through 171 user reviews, to identify which products are mentioned as Descript integrations, and what is the users perception.