Descript is a powerful tool that allows you to speed up YouTube videos effortlessly. Enhance your viewing experience by adjusting playback speed, making it easier to consume content quickly and efficiently. Perfect for learners, researchers, and binge-watchers alike.
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Sign up for Descript, then start a new project. Simply drag and drop your YouTube video into the project window to begin. This intuitive process ensures you can quickly get started with editing and speeding up your video content.
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Once your video is uploaded, navigate to the "Layer" option on the right-hand panel. Here, you can adjust the clip speed under "Duration" by either dragging the "Speed" and "Duration" boxes or typing in a specific multiplier. This allows you to fine-tune the playback speed to your preference.
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When ready, click 'Publish' and navigate to the 'Export' tab. Here, you can choose to post or download your optimized YouTube video. Configure your export settings to your preference and click 'Export' to save the video to your desired location.
Need to speed up your YouTube videos? Descript's adjust frame rate & playback speed feature lets you effortlessly modify video speed, ensuring your content is engaging and concise. Perfect for tutorials, vlogs, or any content where pacing is key, making your videos more viewer-friendly.
Enhance your YouTube videos effortlessly with Descript's instant narration feature. Utilize AI voices and voice cloning to create professional-quality voiceovers in minutes. Perfect for speeding up your video production process, ensuring consistent and engaging content without the need for time-consuming recording sessions.
With Descript, you can speed up your YouTube video creation process by publishing directly to YouTube and other platforms. Seamlessly edit, enhance, and share your content without leaving the app, ensuring your videos reach your audience faster and more efficiently.
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Effortlessly speed up YouTube videos with Descript's intuitive video editing tools, ensuring a seamless and efficient viewing experience.
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With a 4.6-out-of-5-star rating and a bunch of distinctions on G2, Descript’s users have declared it an industry standard in the video and podcasting world.
2025
“With Descript I'll be able to at least double my content output since editing is taking one-quarter the time it used to.”
Donna B.
“With Descript we can create videos for our YouTube channel and our LinkedIn page much faster and with high quality.”
Balázs N.
“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”
Barbara C.
“Descript makes recording and editing audio and video a breeze. It's advanced features have streamlined my workflows, saving me a lot of time usually spent editing.”
Roderick F.
“The collaborative tools streamline teamwork, allowing my team and me to work efficiently together on projects. Overall, Descript enhances productivity and simplifies the editing process.”
Aldrich M.
“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”
Nidhin M.
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$0
$0
per person / month
Start your journey with text-based editing
1 media hour / month
100 AI credits / month
Export 720p, watermark-free
Limited use of Underlord, our agentic video co-editor and AI tools
Limited trial of AI Speech
$24
$16
per person / month
1 person included
Elevate your projects, watermark-free
10 media hours / month
400 AI credits / month
Export 1080p, watermark-free
Access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor
AI tools including Studio Sound, Remove Filler Words, Create Clips, and more
AI Speech with custom voice clones and video regenerate
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$35
$24
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Scale to a team of 3 (billed separately)
Unlock advanced AI-powered creativity
30 media hours / month
+5 bonus hours
800 AI credits / month
+500 bonus credits
Export 4k, watermark-free
Full access to Underlord, our AI video co-editor and 20+ more AI tools
Generate video with the latest AI models
Unlimited access to royalty-free stock media library
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