Descript

My initial experience

At the time of writing this, this is quite a new service with tonnes more on the way. Currently, I'm using Descript to find a short compelling narrative 3 to 5 minutes in length from over 2 hours of interview footage. The process of selecting story is amazing in that regard, being able to rearrange everything in a new composition and export the XML to Premiere and have a perfectly cut story. Although the act of getting to that stage is quite tricky when you only upload the audio from the ...

Use this for transcribing podcasts and…

Use this for transcribing podcasts and it is very user friendly. Can detect and label speakers easily. Minor errors in grammar and spelling.

Great App but Very Buggy

I’ve been using Descript to edit my podcast since May 2020, and I’ve given a rating for various aspects of the software so that you can judge for yourself whether you want to pay for it. TIME & COST SAVING – 5 Stars Descript saves MASSIVE amounts of time in editing compared to what I used in the past which was Adobe Audition. Being able to edit and highlight parts of each episode like a Word Document decreases episode production time by orders of magnitude. Descript also saves me from ...

The idea is great...when it works

The idea is great and when it works, it's great. When it doesn't work (which is often over the several years that I've used it), customer service is sparse and takes a long time to resolve the issue. Don't depend on Descript for consistent app function, delivery or for reliable, helpful, or timely customer service.

This app is so not user friendly u cant…

This app is so not user friendly u cant edit the subutitles. Id rather waste 2 hours per day manually adding the subtitles then using this. Its not accurate, its not good, dont buy it.

block my computer

block my computer, noting work

While the software is amazing… Support is awful.

While the software is amazing technology, their support is so lacking on discord and email support I give a 1/5 stars since they don't seem to respond. For $30/mo you get a lot but when you lose 5 hours of work because the software stops working and you can't load your podcast, that's not fun.

For a High Price, Service/support is unacceptable

Descript is a tool to a) create so-and-so believable (artificial) voice-overs from text and b) convert recordings of narrations into text that you can edit in a (unbearable slow/sluggy) text editor to be converted back into spoken words. To some extent, you can "edit" a recording "on paper". However, the quality of the results depends on how much time you invest in learning/using the clumsy tools - and, if you need to get a job done, to be patient enough to not just redo a take yourself.So ...