Descript vs Capcut

Good editing software, but transcription needs work for accents

Descript makes it easy to edit any audio or video file. If you're used to working with Microsoft Word, especially, then you'll feel at home with Descript. Made an error? Edit the text, and your audio is updated too. Much like any automated transcription service, Descript struggles with non-neutral accents. So, for example, my Scottish accent means I still need to go in and tidy up at least 50% of the transcript, sometimes more. This can make any time saved on other features moot. I would really like to see more work put into regional accents.

Danny B.

My money was wasted

My money was wasted, I bought a monthly subscription of $15 initially to use the pro features but then blind sided with an upgrade to a $29 plan! I suddenly cannot use the pro features unless I buy “the $29 subscription

Danielle Laurente

I like Descript - it would be nice if it weren't so memory intensive

It saves me a ton of time in editing! I appreciate the thoughtfulness in design. It tells me there was a lot of energy put into understanding what podcasters need and I appreciate that. I like the removal of filler words and I like the auto captioning function. Descript is very easy to use. I like the transcript function and the ability to edit it and the audio at the same time simultaneously. It makes my life so much easier. It crashes my pc way too often, and I have a powerful gaming machine with a lot of memory. This stops my work and stresses me out. I do wish navigating the playhead back and forth was easier. The whole application just freezes if I scroll too fast and it this slows me down, especially when I'm in a pinch for time.

Adele W.

Where are search funvtions.

Everything is good. But missing one of the most important feature - Search functions for transitions, fonts. That's overwhelming. So many updates are comming. but most important features are missing.

WizWikz

Saves so much time

Since switching to Descript, I'm able to edit my podcast episodes myself, in wayyyy less time than I thought it would take me. Like - 2 hours on average per episode? And we're talking completely edited, video AND audio versions, with the AI features helping generate show notes, title, transcript (for a blog) and pulling out 5+ snippets for repurposing as short-form video content. Descript makes it easy to turn one hour of recording into a full week (or more) of marketing content. And I absolutely love that. Sometimes there are still (small) chunks of my video that descript maps words to incorrectly, but this is usually after I've been editing quite a bit, so may also just be user error. And it's correctible using the manual correction feature, so not a big issue.

Oliver W.

Pretty useful, wish more was available for free

Overall I find it an extremely useful and easy to use system that helps create quality, trendy videos for social media very quickly. I don't particularly love monthly based payment models for software's, but I do feel like you get a lot of tools and resources for a generally low price here. Using it feels like for videos what Canva is for infographics: easy to use, tons of built in resources, and produces good content quickly.

Brennan Crawley