Podcast editor Descript adds new pro tier with access to its AI voice double feature – The Verge

Descript, the maker of artificial intelligence-powered audio modifying software application, is launching a new tier of subscription today called Descript Pro that includes access to its Overdub feature.

Overdub, very first released in beta in 2015, is a synthesis tool that lets you successfully develop an AI voice double for yourself. That way, if you slipped up in a recording, the software can fix it while the end outcome still feels natural and natural. Its a bit like producing an audio-only deepfake, other than youre doing it to fix your own mistakes rather of trying to impersonate somebody else.

Descript Pro includes the AI-powered Overdub function for $30 a month

CEO Andrew Mason tells The Verge, “In our internal testing, weve found that eliminating filler words from Zoom meeting recordings lowers the length by about 10 percent.”

Beyond Overdub, Descripts primary selling point is that it reimagines audio modifying as a type of collaborative Google Docs-style app, so you can modify the transcription of a podcast or other type of audio recording as if it were a Word file and have actually the modifications shown in the playback. Descript likewise operates as a video editor and a transcription service, the latter of which consists of AI- and human-aided transcriptions at as much as 30 hours for the Pro strategy and 10 hours for the Creator one, with the option to acquire extra hours.

The business says its new pro tier likewise includes “unique access to advanced filler word handling, custom audiograms, and flexible publishing and export options.” The filler word handling is an especially useful-sounding function, as Descript states it can be used to “find, disregard, and erase filler words like you understand, like, and type of” to make an audio recording sound more smooth and professional.

Descript states Overdub is now an official feature with the launch of Descript Pro, and its available if you pay for the $30-a-month (or $24-a-month billed annually) membership. Prior to todays announcement, Descript used a free tier, a Producer tier for $14 a month (or $10 annually), and a Team tier for $18 a month (or $15 yearly).