Descript Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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

5 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesInformation Technology & Services2Marketing & Advertising2Computer & Network Security1

User-friendly and great free features

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

November 11, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have been using Descript to transcribe a number of User Interviews and Focus Groups.

Pros

Transcription
Generous free tier
Great desktop app
Ability to remove filler words and record directly within the app

Cons

When editing a transcript it can get a little cumbersome, as a double click doesn't always do what you think it will
Some features aren't that intuitive (what is resize word gap) for beginners
A tutorial/wizard as soon as you sign up would be very useful

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for transcribing User Interviews, Focus Groups etc. If you need to heavily edit the text of the transcription (formatting or foreign words, etc) it's not that intuitive

Verified User

Manager in Marketing (Information Technology & Services company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

Descript - Easy Audio and Video Editing

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

October 18, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Descript for a range of uses - recording audio, transcribing audio and video content, editing audio and video content, captioning videos and also for repurposing existing video and audio content by transcribing and using the text content.

Descript is a tool that is easy to use and makes video and audio editing so simple - just like editing a word document!

Pros

Audio Editing
Video Editing
Video Captions

Cons

Navigating multiple projects and files
Ability to duplicate image and text overlays
Ability to apply custom templated branding to text overlays

Likelihood to Recommend

Jürgen Strauss

Founder | Podcaster | Speaker | Podcast Strategist | Connector of Amazing Humans at Innovabiz Pty Ltd (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Descript is a game changer for video and audio content production

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Descript is currently being used by the Marketing department for developing videos & podcasts, and transcribing audio and video files for developing blog posts and training materials.

Pros

Document-style editing of video and audio. This is really a game changer, enabling people with no traditional video or editing skills to record, edit, and publish video and audio projects without help. And the overdub feature really saves time and effort by removing the need to re-record small audio changes during the editing process.
Automated Transcription. Like all machine-based transcription, I wish that it was more accurate sometimes, but it is very competitive with other solutions I've used and it's very nicely integrated into product and workflow.
Automatic identification and removal of filler words, repeated words, etc. Again this is really a game changer for me in terms of being able to quickly improve the quality of recorded audio without needing to do manual editing.
Integrated one-click publishing. Being able to publish with one click to multiple formats or their cloud-based hosting is very convenient.

Cons

UX Performance. Because it's synced to the cloud, there can be some delay or lag in the UX when editing.
Editing Transcriptions. Machine-based transcriptions always need some post-editing. While Descript makes it pretty easy, I still think there is some room for improvement. For instance, I would like to be able to automatically update for all occurrences of a word after fixing it in the transcript.
Automatic importing of YouTube and hosted video files. I often have to download a video from YouTube to be able to import it into Descript. Would be nice to be able to just paste in the URL to the video and have Descript automatically import it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Transcription of internal presentations and web conferences. It's great for capturing and transcribing the audio from presentations, demos, etc. which can then be used to develop training materials, blog posts, etc.
Podcasts. Makes it really easy to record, edit, and publish video or audio podcasts.
Promotional videos. Streamlines and accelerates the process for developing videos.

Beau Roberts

VP of Marketing in Marketing at Prismo Systems (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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If you use videos in your business, using Descript to edit them will be life changing. Don't wait!

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 4, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Descript to edit all of our customer interviews and videos to be hosted inside eWebinar. We used to spend hours and hours on another video editing software and not only was it hard to learn, I could never get it to export in the same high resolution that I was editing in. Descript has saved us at least 10 hours of time per week. Taking editing time from an hour on something small to a few seconds.

Pros

Automatically generates a transcript.
Export snippets by highlighting text on the transcript.
Exports in the same hi-res quality.
Free recorder
Responsive support
Easily add pictures, shapes, etc. into the video.
Editing video elements by editing the transcript.
Easy to learn.

Cons

Doesn't have editing features that pros might require.

Likelihood to Recommend

For any startup that uses video in their business, Descript is a great way for anyone in the organization to use without bothering their team or hiring a contractor. It's great for demos, instructional videos, eWebinars, anything that doesn't require production-level editing. It's not going to be great for people who need video production and a lot of the other deep features that 20-year-old solutions may have. But it's also not made for that.

Melissa Kwan

Cofounder and CEO in Corporate at eWebinar (Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Descript is a game-changer

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 2, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Descript is used by [the] research analysts to transcribe and clean up interview recording transcripts. It is fast, and effective, and saves us a lot of money over paying for humans to transcribe calls. It automatically takes out filler words and is easy to import and export different kinds of files.

Pros

Transcribe audio interviews to text.
Identifies filler words, cleans them up to make the conversation smoother and easier to read.
Integrates with Zoom and other recording tools.

Cons

The product is updated almost every day. I would rather do updates not so often.
Sometimes (rarely) it doesn't see a new Zoom recording, and I have to manually upload it.
It still gets some words wrong, but it is improving.

Likelihood to Recommend

Transcribing audio phone calls for sales or research. It can get you a transcript for a 45-minute call in less than five minutes, and let you export it to Word or some other format easily. I am sure I am not using all the features Descript has, but it is a valuable tool I use every day.

Verified User

Professional in Research & Development (Marketing & Advertising company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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Descript is a game changer for video and audio content production

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

July 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Descript is currently being used by the Marketing department for developing videos & podcasts, and transcribing audio and video files for developing blog posts and training materials.

Pros

Document-style editing of video and audio. This is really a game changer, enabling people with no traditional video or editing skills to record, edit, and publish video and audio projects without help. And the overdub feature really saves time and effort by removing the need to re-record small audio changes during the editing process.
Automated Transcription. Like all machine-based transcription, I wish that it was more accurate sometimes, but it is very competitive with other solutions I've used and it's very nicely integrated into product and workflow.
Automatic identification and removal of filler words, repeated words, etc. Again this is really a game changer for me in terms of being able to quickly improve the quality of recorded audio without needing to do manual editing.
Integrated one-click publishing. Being able to publish with one click to multiple formats or their cloud-based hosting is very convenient.

Cons

UX Performance. Because it's synced to the cloud, there can be some delay or lag in the UX when editing.
Editing Transcriptions. Machine-based transcriptions always need some post-editing. While Descript makes it pretty easy, I still think there is some room for improvement. For instance, I would like to be able to automatically update for all occurrences of a word after fixing it in the transcript.
Automatic importing of YouTube and hosted video files. I often have to download a video from YouTube to be able to import it into Descript. Would be nice to be able to just paste in the URL to the video and have Descript automatically import it.

Likelihood to Recommend

Transcription of internal presentations and web conferences. It's great for capturing and transcribing the audio from presentations, demos, etc. which can then be used to develop training materials, blog posts, etc.
Podcasts. Makes it really easy to record, edit, and publish video or audio podcasts.
Promotional videos. Streamlines and accelerates the process for developing videos.

Beau Roberts

VP of Marketing in Marketing at Prismo Systems (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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