Descript, the creator of AI-powered audio editing software, is launching today a new subscription tier called Descript Pro that offers access to its Overdub feature.
Overdub, first released in beta last year, is a synthesis tool that allows you to effectively create an AI voice double for you. That way, if you made a mistake in a recording, the software can fix it while the end result still feels natural and organic. It’s a bit like creating an audio-only deep fake, except you’re doing it to correct your own mistakes instead of trying to impersonate someone else.
Descript says Overdub is now an official feature with the launch of Descript Pro, and it’s available if you pay the subscription of $ 30 a month (or $ 24 a month billed annually). Prior to today’s announcement, Descript offered a free tier, a Producer tier for $ 14 a month (or $ 10 a year), and a Team tier for $ 18 a month (or $ 15 a year). Both paid plans are bundled together in their cheapest offer, or what Descript calls the Creator Plan, for $ 15 a month or $ 12 a month billed annually. Includes everything except Overdub and less transcription hours included.
Beyond Overdub, Descript’s main selling point is that it reinvents audio editing as a sort of collaborative Google Docs-style app, so you can edit a podcast transcript or other form of audio recording as if it was a Word document and have the changes reflected in the replay. Descript also works as a video editor and transcription service, the latter of which includes AI and human-assisted transcripts of up to 30 hours for the Pro plan and 10 hours for the Creator plan, with the option to purchase additional hours.
The company says its new professional level also includes “exclusive access to advanced filler word handling, custom audiograms, and flexible publishing and export options.” Filler word handling is an especially useful sounding feature, as Descript says it can be used to “detect, ignore and remove filler words like ‘you know’, ‘like’ and ‘type’ to make a recording Audio Sounds smoother and more professional.
CEO Andrew Mason says The edge“In our internal testing, we found that removing filler words from Zoom meeting recordings reduces duration by approximately 10 percent.”
