Descript Educational Services Reviews & Insights

Score8.4 out of 10

42 Reviews and Ratings

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Pros

Document-style editing: Many users have found the document-style editing of video and audio to be a game changer, as it allows people with no traditional video or editing skills to easily record, edit, and publish projects without assistance. This feature provides a user-friendly interface that simplifies the entire editing process.

Overdub feature: The overdub feature has been appreciated by several users as it saves time and effort by eliminating the need to re-record small audio changes during the editing process. With this feature, users can seamlessly make adjustments to their recordings without having to start from scratch.

Automatic identification and removal of filler words: Another highly praised feature is the automatic identification and removal of filler words, repeated words, etc. This powerful tool quickly improves the quality of recorded audio without requiring manual editing. Users can enjoy cleaner and more professional-sounding recordings with just a few clicks.

Descript Reviews

2 Reviews

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Easy to use and efficient way to create scripts and transcripts

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 28, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Descript to create scripts for webinars and podcasts. I find the system very easy to use, and I like the ability to share, comment, and edit. I can see that Descript has a lot more functionality than I am currently using, and I look forward to exploring those new features. But for now, the plain old visible transcription service works well for me.

Pros

I like the sidebar - breaking my scripts up into different "chapters" makes it easier to create quickly.
I like that it auto-corrects punctuation, capitalization, etc. as I polish the scripts.
It's easy for my team and my collaborators to read/listen, remark, and create useable transcripts.

Cons

I sometimes wish I could "block and move" or delete bigger blocks of text all at once.

Likelihood to Recommend

For creating scripts, transcripts, and podcast outlines, Descript can't be beaten. It's robust, reliable, and easy to operate. As I mentioned, I understand they have a bunch of new capabilities around video editing, but I haven't had a reason to try that yet.

Samantha Bennett

Founder & CEO in Corporate at The Organized Artist Company (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Descript is a game-changer

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 8, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it for editing my live show and podcast. It's a fantastic tool that makes editing much faster. Also creating support content like quotes, clips, and audiograms is simpler. I don't have to listen through everything; I can simply edit the transcript. I'd highly recommend the tool to anyone seeking to edit audio files or create small sound bites of contents from their recordings.

Pros

Audio file editing via transcript
Creating audiograms
Subtitles

Cons

I would like to see direct publishing of content to SM
Send highlighted text (i.e., a quote) to Canva automatically to create post artwork
After highlighting quote passages, send all those highlighted in one color to a text file with the name of the speaker, like a list of quotes.
Be able to set a series of tags and from that, Descript should create a list of highlights with the time stamps. Maybe the tags can have a title that goes with the time stamp.

Likelihood to Recommend

For audio editing, I find it most suitable. For video editing, less so because if you edit by the transcript, the video can get jumpy.

Janene Liston

Founder at Janene Liston | The Pricing Lady (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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