# Descript Descript is an audio/video editor built on one inversion: **you edit the transcript, and the media follows**. Delete a sentence from the text, the cut happens on the timeline. That single idea removes the timeline-scrubbing skill barrier that keeps most people out of video editing. ## Underlord: the agentic layer Underlord, Descript's AI, has evolved from one-click effects into an agentic co-editor. You give it a chained instruction — "remove the filler words, tighten pauses, add captions, pull three vertical clips for TikTok" — and it executes the sequence on the timeline, showing edits for approval. It also drafts scripts, summarizes recordings, generates show notes, handles multicam edits, places B-roll, and flags clip-worthy moments for social. The approval-loop design matters: it edits like a collaborator you review, the same accept-or-reject pattern coding agents converged on. ## The rest of the toolbox Transcription, screen + camera recording, Studio Sound (audio cleanup), [[Voice Cloning|voice cloning]] for correcting recordings by typing, and export to professional NLEs when Descript stops being enough. ## Pricing (2026) Free (1 hour, 100 credits) · Hobbyist $16 · Creator $24 (30 hours, 800 AI credits, full Underlord) · Business $50 — per user/month, annual billing. ## Where it fits for me The transcript-first model suits creators who think in words before pictures — podcast episodes, talking-head videos, course content. The output of a writing-centered workflow drops into a tool whose native unit is text. ## References - [Descript Website](https://www.descript.com) - [Underlord](https://www.descript.com/underlord) ## Related - [[Voice Cloning]] - [[AI Agents]] — Underlord as agentic editing applied to media