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Text-based video and audio editor

Drop a recording, get the words, and cut the parts you don't need.

10M+ files processed since 2021

Opens the transcript so you can cut audio or video by selecting words.

Add a file first.

Maybe looking for:Editor· Edit audio & video in browserCut audio· Trim or split by timeAuto captions· Add captions to the picture

See how editing by text works

Play the original, then hear the cut.

Cut: “Today we're going to talk about- sorry, let me start over.”

CutLength:0:10after:0:05

Cut the false start; keep the finished sentence.

Voices in these examples are AI-generated.

Transcribes 60 languages

Detects the language automatically.

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How to edit video and audio by text

  1. 1

    Add an audio or video file. Pick the spoken language, or leave it on automatic detection, then start transcription at the price or free allowance shown.

  2. 2

    The editor opens in Transcript mode. Click a word to play from there, or select a passage and choose Cut to remove it from the recording.

  3. 3

    Listen to the join, restore any words you want back, and export the edited audio or video. You can switch to Timeline for a closer look at a cut.

Edit the recording through its words

Audo's text-based editor turns speech into a timed transcript you can use to cut a recording. Each word points to a moment in the original file. Select a sentence you don't need and choose Cut: that passage leaves the sound, and the picture leaves with it when you're editing a video. The rest of your recording stays in order.

Text-based video editing suits interviews, spoken presentations, podcast episodes and talking-head recordings. Read through an answer to find a tangent, then listen from the word where it starts before deciding what to remove. The words being spoken light up during playback, and speaker turns help you follow a conversation. Nothing is cut automatically when you open this page's editor.

A transcript editor can mean correcting a written record, or using that record to change the media. Audo does both, with separate actions. Correct fixes the transcript and captions without changing the speaker's voice. Cut removes the selected passage from the recording. You can restore a cut or use Undo, so you can compare the shorter version with what was said before exporting.

Questions

What is text-based editing?

Text-based editing uses a recording's transcript to choose which moments to keep. In Audo, selecting words and choosing Cut removes the matching audio and video. You edit the content of a spoken recording by reading it, rather than searching for every sentence on a waveform.

Can I edit audio without a video?

Yes. Audo opens audio-only recordings in the same Transcript mode. Upload WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, OGG, Opus, WebM, AIFF, transcribe the speech, then cut an unwanted sentence from an interview, voice memo or podcast intro. Use Export for the finished sound file.

Does deleting transcript text cut the video too?

Yes, when you select words and choose Cut. Audo removes that span from both the picture and sound, keeping them together. Check the transition by playing across it; a cut can sound natural while making a visible jump between two frames of a speaker.

Does correcting a word change the speaker's voice?

No. Correct changes the written transcript and any captions that use it. It does not make the speaker say a new word or synthesize replacement speech. Use Cut when you want to remove the spoken passage, and review the sound before exporting.

Can I use Audo as a Descript alternative?

For transcribing a recording and cutting it by its words, yes: Audo offers that specific text-based audio and video editing workflow in your browser. That overlap is not a promise that every Descript feature is available. This page gets you straight to the transcript, with cleanup and automatic cuts off until you choose them.

Is the text-based editor free?

You can try Audo transcription for the first 2 minutes of each file, 3 times a day, without signing up. Transcribing a whole recording costs $0.03 a minute ($1.80 an hour), with no subscription. The editor shows the covered part and offers to transcribe the rest. Editing the words after transcription is free; Export shows the allowance or price for processing your recording. See pricing for each tool.

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