Create a video transcript in moments using AI. Get speaker labels, time codes, and chapters automatically. Descript’s free video transcript generator works well for marketing material, podcasts, YouTube videos, subtitles, and beyond.
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Open a new Descript project and drag in your MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, MKV, or FLV file to start the transcription. Pick your language when prompted. If several speakers are present, enter the speaker count and names, and Descript will handle the labels automatically.
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By default, when you change text in your transcript, you’re also editing your video. Use Correct mode (press ‘C’ or highlight and right-click a word) to fix any transcription mistakes while keeping everything synced. You can also switch to Write mode (CMD+E or CTRL+E) to edit text as if you were working in a document.
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After finalizing your transcript, choose Publish > Export > Transcript. Export options include Microsoft Word (.docx), HTML (.html), Markdown (.md), Plain text (.txt), or Rich Text Format (.rtf). You can tweak speaker labels, timecodes, and chapters before exporting or copying straight to your clipboard.
Access fast AI transcription in more than 22 languages, including English, French, and Dutch. Improve precision by adding specialized terms to your transcription glossary so they’re always spelled correctly.
Cut out extra editing time. Speaker Detective automatically identifies each speaker. It also flags filler words like “uh” or “like” so you can remove them immediately.
Unlike other transcript generators, Descript includes integrated AI features to expand what you can do. Use AI Actions to automatically generate chapter titles or craft YouTube video descriptions, summaries, and blog posts.
Using our video-to-text converter, AI tools, and real-time collaboration, Descript goes beyond standard video transcription software.
Edit your videos and access accurate transcripts in a single interface—perfect for social posts, instructional videos, or podcast episodes.
In the same interface that generates your transcript, type out a script and produce natural-sounding AI speech, either with a stock voice or your own custom voice.
Share your videos with a Descript link that includes a full-featured player and a fully searchable transcript.
Turn your transcript into captions or subtitles that automatically stay aligned, no matter how you trim or edit.
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.
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“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.”
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“Descript has made cleaning up and creating my educational videos into professional presentations [possible] without needing extensive technical computer skills.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Transcription-based editing makes the process much faster…All in all, a must have editor for most audiences, especially in SaaS marketing.”
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Use Descript’s automatic video transcript generator or go manual. Simply drop your video file (MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, MKV, or FLV) into a new Descript project. You’ll get a full transcript with speaker labels and time codes in seconds.
Yes. Descript’s free plan gives you up to one hour of automated transcription each month, plus you can export in multiple formats. Paid plans begin at $12 per month with 10 hours or more included.
Yes. Select the Ask AI button and type in your request, whether it’s a script, outline, or concept. The AI will write a script you can add to your project right away or revise further.
Open the Actions menu in the top-left and choose Remove filler words. You’ll see a list of placeholders like “um” or “uh” that you can delete or refine with one click.
Descript supports over 22 languages, including English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Malay, Turkish, Polish, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech, Swedish, Croatian, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Slovak, Catalan, Lithuanian, Slovenian, and Latvian.
