Descript Reviews & Product Details - Page 4

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.

My favorite part of Descript is a tough question to answer with some many possible answers. I've been creating and editing videos for almost 15 years using another video editing app so trying a new editor can be a challenge.

Descript makes this easier than I thought. Loads of guides, both written and video to help you along the way. And the Customer support is there if ever needed.

Of the zillion features, by far my fav is the Studio Sound which makes my average audio sound amazing.

There are many close seconds in the 'My Favorite Feature' department. What took me almost an hour on average to do my basic edit, with Descript, that same basic edit is done with underlord in minutes.

So the biggest ROI here is my time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As someone who is new to the app, my 'dislike' is that there are so many features that it can easily become overwhelming. To overcome this, I simply used one feature (studio sound) until I mastered it. That makes this easy since most of the features involve a single click. Yes, many of these single-click features have settings, but most are perfect in the default setting.

Also, there is an update almost every other day. Updates can ba a good thing in most cases and the only frustration I've had with these frequesnt updates is sometimes things get moved around. Being new to the app, this makes things really confusing.

I thought that thingy was here yesterday - now its over there. Not a big deal as you can always check their 'Whats New' changelog for these 'new locations.' Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Descript is so easy to use. Things that I used to have to send to a pro and wait days or weeks for I can now easily do myself. And with the addition of Underlord, I can edit and produce more content in a matter of minutes. Stuff I would have never gone to the expense of having someone else do but I can do myself with a minimal time investment. I've used Descript for a few years now and it feels like they really care about UX and rolling our new features to make it even more valuable without sacrificing usability. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have two feature requests - I would love if my trained ChatGPT could be used with Underlord vs an untrained bot. I have to flip back and forth to get things in my voice. I would also love to see more aspect ratio options/templates for ads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I produce a podcast (video and audio) that runs Monday-thru-Friday, so I'm in here all the time! Grabbing clips and getting descriptions for YouTube and my RSS is so intuitive and so simple! I used to get overwhelmed by the idea of "more AI tools" but Descript has been easy to implement, and it's been easy to interate into my post-production workflow. I use a separate software to edit the full-length videos, and then I can upload those right in, work with Underlord to churn out my necessary materials, and grab-and-go. I love the ease of the UX. I use it almost every day, and it's an amazing tool! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Once I generate clips, I'd love to be able to add a little more on the front end or back end of a clip. Sometimes, it starts just a little after what I'm wanting to include, so a little more flexibility on clip creation would be good. I don't want to have to manually say, "start here or end here" but sometimes I wish I could say "add a little more to the front-end of that" (perhaps it's possibly, and I just haven't figured it out yet). Also, when stock footage or stock imagery is added, most of that is 16:9 format, and it'd be great to be able to pull access from some more vertical formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't live without Descript. I am a business owner and I host a podcast. With the podcast, Descript allows me to write a script that I can read from - and with eye contact - the finished product does not look like I'm reading from a script.

Being able to edit based on words in the transcript is amazing. I'm not comfortable (yet) handing off my crazy videos to someone to edit out my uhms/ahs or misspoken parts. It's so easy for me to listen and edit every podcast video.

Then, I add captions and identify short promo clips before exporting.

Outside of my podcast, I use it to help me with social media posts I create. I can easily splice and add text to my videos that enhance my posts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing negative I have is sometimes words do not get transcribed correctly. I'm not sure if it that I did not speak clear enough or if there was a glitch in the matrix at that point in time. It's not a huge deal. The impact is that it takes me slightly longer to edit as I either need to type the words (for correct captions) or navigate slowly to grab the correct section to delete.

One last small request would be having a way to add words to a dictionary similar to spell check. My name is always misspelled in the transcript and when I mention a URL, I have to edit the transcript to reflect "@" instead of "at" and "xyz.com" vs "xyz. Com". Just a small frustration that I have to edit those same things on nearly every video I edit.

Neither of these things would make me stop using Descript. It's a game changer for someone like me who is creating content and not comfortable letting someone else edit my stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Underlord is amazing - it basically does all of the most time consuming parts of video editing for you powered by AI. The text based editing functionality that also lets you edit using the traditional timeline is awesome. Also love studio sound feature. Definitely one of the coolest video editing products I've seen in a long time and I started editing in Final Cut in the early 2000s. Even if you've never edited video before, slide into Descript and skip the thousands of hours it takes to master the craft. I can't wait to see where Descript goes from here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'd say the only downside is sometimes if I'm working on multiple videos at once (I don't advise) things slow down a bit. I also can't wait for Descript Rooms to get a full release so we can do all our recording AND editing in one platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When you absolutely positively can't live without an editor and don't want to have to manage people or wait forever, Descript does the job of an entire team in minutes. I couldn't be happier with the tool and everything it does... from transcripts, to editing, to creating short form and long form videos.. even podcasting, it does it all. AND rarely is there a tool that does ALL and DOES ALL WELL... Descript DOES. Save money. Save time. Save frustrations. Just get Descript... it's the "Migraine Medicine" for literally dozens of headaches inside your business. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish they had a lot more options for things to do with their API, there's so much being missed right now that could be done via automation with this access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The OverLord AI tools provide audio and video features that save a huge amount of time and deliver high quality results with ease. The best at implementing projects around making integration easy. I've done over 40 projects and will be using it a lot in the coming year. One thing, the training videos coming from customer support have answered every query. It's a great system to get into implementing what you need to know quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is no downside to using Descript. However, I use Opus to take the work done in Descript and render ten short clips. I use the best two or three short reels. It's just faster when automatically produced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A number of online video editors are trying to do what Descript does - allow you to edit a video by deleting or moving text in the transcript. But, so far at least, none of them do as great a job as Descript does. The resulting videos have smooth cuts.

Rarely do I need to go into the timeline to make a more manual edit, but if I do, editing the sequence of combined video and audio is a breeze. The scene templates also make it faster to get my video out the door, while creating my own scenes based on those templates is fast.

Since restarting my YouTube channel, I've been using Descript nearly everyday to create shorts and longer content videos. I don't have to rely on a team or pro video editor, which can get expensive and time consuming.

Finally, the new Underlord AI editing tool allows me to make otherwise super tedious edits with a few clicks instead of painstakingly scrubbing through the timeline like I used to have to do with Screenflow or Adobe. Removing umms, ahhs, and extended pauses is really fast. And if it gets overzealous on its cuts, I can quickly "restore removed media" to fix particular phrases in the video.

My experience with customer support has been minimal, but the onboarding emails and UX of the browser and desktop apps had me up and running quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'd like to have a more obvious area of library files to load into the dashboard instead of only including them within a project.

And I'd like it to be more obvious on creating different formats and clips from the same set of files. I initially thought I had to duplicate the projects and create new scenes instead of (what I learned later) highlighting a section and creating a new composition within the same project (which is brilliant). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.