Three features I haven’t yet tried myself, but are self-explanatory: Powerful keyboard shortcuts for almost everything, which means keeping your hands on the keyboard most of the time.Export audio, text, captions/subtitles: See more details ahead in this article.Audio word processing: By clicking the words on the Wordbar (upper part the audio timeline, just above the waveforms, as shown above) you can delete or reorder words or phrases.Edit audio (by editing text): I was able to delete ums and repeated words via text in the same window, and they were instantly removed from the audio! I just had to switch from Correct text to Edit audio within the text window.Diagram by Will Heltsley, used by permission under GNU Free Documentation License. Venn diagram which compares and contrasts heterographs, homophones, homographs, and synonyms. homophones (like hear/here, their/there, to/too/two, you’re/your) and punctuation marks, where the audio sync is already perfect, and only the visual element needs to be polished. Correct text: I was able to fix text immediately, i.e.Thanks to Google Speech technology, it is amazingly accurate for an automated software. Five minutes later, Descript was finished the the automated transcription of the interview. Auto transcription: I imported the audio file, which has a duration over an hour.Descript’s killer features that blew me awayĪlthough some of these features exist in other tools (some of which I have reviewed before), the unique synergy of having all of them in a single app changes everything. Fortunately, I was able use the above interview with Chris Curran, since it is in English. Although I am preparing shows in English, the only ones that are already “on air” (like CapicúaFM) are not in English. Why didn’t I use any of my own show material to test Descript? Because currently, Descript only accepts audio files that are in the English language. Although I have not (yet) done the entire episode, I did more than enough to determine how intuitive and powerful the Descript app is. I used the audio file from this episode to learn how to use Descript, beyond the tutorial. Chris Curran recently invited me on his Podcast Engineering Show, and I am scheduled to be back there soon.
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