Descript Reviews & Product Details

There is no other piece of software better that allows for text-based video and audio editing. Especially text-based audio editing. It has been the leader of the pack on this since the beginning. This has allowed my channel to grow—while I have experience using pro audio and video software, my team does not, and Descript has allowed them to produce anything from a rough first "paper" edit to the final product.

If you are making one-speaker videos, podcasts with multiple speakers, smaller-file video creations, Descript is incredible. They keep adding features that can make your final product look more professional. It was a rough start, but Descript's UX/UI is finally starting to look and feel more solid, too. For the one-person creator, it might be the only tool you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We have such a love/hate relationship with Descript. We have used it for 4 years, now, and it has always been buggy. Throughout the app's development, the devs will introduce a feature with bugs, then fix those bugs. The feature will work perfectly for a while, and then get broken again in a later update. I applaud the team for trying to add so many features to the app, but would much rather be able to work with a stable product, and even though we use Descript for a huge part of our workflow weekly, we always have eyes on competitors because we have never felt that we could count on the app.

Customer support is just OK. They respond, but not quickly, and with the same information that can be found on the website.

One thing that is particularly frustrating is its speed. Editing small files in Descript is fine, even multi-track audio. But add more than 2 speakers for a video podcast and you are going to have to be OK with editing with spinning beachballs, unsynced audio, laughably slow scubbing. I have tried everything to make the process easier and better: editing with proxies built in other apps, breaking apart longer recordings, and more. Some of these tricks work, but at that point I realize that I could get the job done much faster in Davinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.

So we use Descript for what it still does best: first draft edits. We try to never mess with creating too many Scenes, b-roll, titles or background audio. Once we have a cut, we export the timeline to another app and finish the job there. It's frustrating, and expensive! But somehow it's hard for us to Quit Descript Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I recommend Descript all the time to colleagues. Editing videos and audio is as easy as editing a document, so you don't need to know how to use a complicated editing program to get things done. Want to make a short clip for social? Easy. Want to add subtitles? Easy. Want to drop in an overlay, image, or presentation? Simple.

And you can be up and running in mere moments, so there's very little learning curve for the basic features. The team makes improvements all the time, so the more complex workings can take time to get used to. But I recently narrated an entire audiobook for a side project using Descript and it just worked!

I started out using a free version but quickly moved on to the paid version because it's so feature-rich and you get more transcription time, storage space, and exports without the watermark. I'm sure I'm not even using everything I could be and I use it almost every day! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The frequent updates are a necessity for constant improvements, but when you're on a company computer that requires admin access for updates, it causes annoyances. We've resolved that by installing the app in my user folder, but making updates deployable by a centralized IT for enterprize folks, even when we have a smaller license, would be more ideal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As an instructional designer, I am often given lengthy mp4 videos to dissect for creating educational materials for sales enablement. Descript saves me hours of work every week as it allows me to upload video files and within seconds, I have a full transcript. Instead of watching hours of pre-recorded webinars, I can simply upload and review the transcript for the exact information I need. You can even remove speakers' filler words from the transcript with just one click which is so cool!

My favorite feature is the AI "Underlord" where I can simply ask it for a summary of key enhancements for a product release or to formulate assessment questions based on the video transcript.

I would highly recommend this product for those in similar roles looking to save time and utilize innovative features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As with any video transcription tool, phrasing may not be 100% accurate every time and still needs human eyes to ensure accurate information. For example, a video transcribed today mentioned the "site bar" instead of the "side bar."

The only other slight inconvenience for me is that I need to use a Chrome browser to access Descript while most of my other project work is completed in the Safari browser. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It saves me a ton of time in editing! I appreciate the thoughtfulness in design. It tells me there was a lot of energy put into understanding what podcasters need and I appreciate that. I like the removal of filler words and I like the auto captioning function. Descript is very easy to use. I like the transcript function and the ability to edit it and the audio at the same time simultaneously. It makes my life so much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It crashes my pc way too often, and I have a powerful gaming machine with a lot of memory. This stops my work and stresses me out. I do wish navigating the playhead back and forth was easier. The whole application just freezes if I scroll too fast and it this slows me down, especially when I'm in a pinch for time. I have to wait on the app to catch up or hope it doesn't crash. Also, I've never quite understood what some of the functions do. It's not as immediately obvious as I wish it were. So I am sure I am not using Descript to its full potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love using Descript for editing my podcast videos and making social media clips. The best parts - and the easiest features to use right from the beginning - is using the underlord ai features to edit the video like a word document, and using it to remove the filler words (um, like, yeah). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish making the social clips were more intuitive. I don't always know if I'm screwing up my original video or if the clips are part of a new project or subproject. Also, when I do our podcast videos, the 2 screens are side by side, but the system doesn't recognize that there are 2 different cameras so I can't use some of the templates. Unless I don't understand how that works, which could be a possibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I was looking for a platform to help me edit podcast videos with captions and transcripts and came across Descript. I was very impressed with the quality of the platform and everything it does. It's super easy to use and has many powerful, helpful, timesaving features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Like any system, there are some glitches that exist, but the support team is very helpful and the development team is always working hard to improve the system. I often use Descript to edit my courses with multiple sessions. When I am deleting the sessions from the working space, the system freezes while it processes the request. Granted I'm deleting 6-10 hours of video so its a large size, but nonetheless, I wish there was a way for the system to still work while it deletes in the background. Also, it's not always possible to edit multiple scenes at once but the team is aware of it and it is scheduled for a future update. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Since switching to Descript, I'm able to edit my podcast episodes myself, in wayyyy less time than I thought it would take me. Like - 2 hours on average per episode? And we're talking completely edited, video AND audio versions, with the AI features helping generate show notes, title, transcript (for a blog) and pulling out 5+ snippets for repurposing as short-form video content. Descript makes it easy to turn one hour of recording into a full week (or more) of marketing content. And I absolutely love that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes there are still (small) chunks of my video that descript maps words to incorrectly, but this is usually after I've been editing quite a bit, so may also just be user error. And it's correctible using the manual correction feature, so not a big issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Background: I travel accross the country interviewing veterinarians for video!

I do not script my interviews, hence I always return to the editing bay with a good amount of material to cut down. The feature I first give thanks to is having the ability to remove filler words, "I usually have 300+ that Descript removes for me." This saves me time and MOST IMPORTANTLY cognitive battery. At the press of a button the convenience of implementing this feature is seamless.

While no longer specific to Descript, the ability to edit the text and it edit als the audio is incredible. Even after Adobe added it to its suite I still choose to pay for Descript due to the user interface. From the beginning it was quick and easy integration into my workflow. I believe I watched 2 or 3 youtube videos and off to the races I was.

I currently use it for 3-5 projects a month, so I have become well acquianted with the version history feature as well that I truly appreciate that I dont have to save anything and can have peace that it automatically registers my changes. Anytime I have had credits that need to be applied or had questions Descript customer support has been very kind and articulate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The new ai implementation is improving fast but yet to be able to handle more complex asks. For some reason every time I open the app it always says there is a new update even after I update it and open it back up, the notification arises once more. Lastly the speaker identification could use some attention. All very small items in the grand scheme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

At this point I've probably produced about 100 podcast episodes inisde of Descript. This includes everything from using their AI integration to write show notes and descriptions, remove filler words and export high quality video. It's also made it a whole lot easier to splice those into clips as well as create testimonials videos because it's so easy to splice and move around the clips in a way that drives the essence of what I want. I've even used it for personal use like where we had a medical consultation I recorded that I wanted to refrence later and then putting it into descript allowed me to search it easily through the transcript vs. having to scroll through the recording. Overall very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's often annoying to find menu items that aren't in the main dashboard or pop up in the wizard. Like sometimes I'll miss or misclick the 'number of speakers' and it always feels like a mission to have to go find it in the menu. I think it's even been moved in certain updates and I'm always frustarted when I have to google how to find the menu item even though it's literally something I do with every single video I uploaed as I mostly do interviews with people so it's never just me as a speaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript makes it easier for content creators to organize and create media without going over the top to learn and gain new skills. By simplifying the content creation and editing process, it allows many creators and entrepreneurs to get started and use it regularly. I appreciate how it allows me to unify my clips and recordings, edit them similar to the way I would edit a document, and add effects with ease. I'm looking forward to moving from editing interviews to creating video essays, and I know Descript can deliver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript's integrations are good but aren't always technically straightforward. Sometimes, my show guests have a very hard time using the SquadCast integration and we're not able to see or hear one another before or during recording. While there's a Zoom integration, it's not exactly straightforward how it works. SquadCast also doesn't have a way to touch up one's appearance yet, which can detract from its appeal, and its transcription feature, while good, could also use further improvement and refinement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.