Descript

Descript is an audio and video editor that lets users edit recordings by editing a text transcript. Delete a word in the text and it disappears from the recording. Andrew Mason, who earlier co-founded Groupon, started the company. It is based in San Francisco.

AI features remove filler words, cut silences, improve sound quality and fix eye contact in video. Overdub lets users create a clone of their own voice to fix mistakes by typing. Underlord, its AI co-editor, takes requests such as making clips for social media. Users can also record screens and remote interviews inside the app. Projects can be shared with a team for comments and edits, and finished videos can be published to a link or exported.

There is a free plan with limits on transcription hours and export quality. Paid plans give more hours, higher quality exports and more AI use. Podcasters, YouTubers, marketing teams and educators are its main users.