# 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. Paid tiers are priced 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