Today (June 13th) Descript Season 4 was announced, as part of their quarterly updates, where they walked creators like us through what they have released in the past few months, and gave us an early look at the most existing features they’ve got going on, including what they call “a first look at some weird and wonderful new AI stuff we’re releasing.”
What if you missed the session or don’t have time to watch the whole thing? We created this article just for you to scan through what might be most interesting and relevant for your business.
Main Focus Areas for Descript
- Quality: Descript is now more stable than it’s ever been
- Gone too far, too clever? The UI is more simplified
- Ability to search for highlight
Descript Season 4 Updates
Descript is (finally) available in the browser
You can finally use Descript in your browser (this is a long-waited feature) for so many creators
Generative technology
- Overdub (existing feature) – easily change words in your recording
- Regenerate (new feature) – the ability to change intonation through AI, automatically! See below.
- Record and Replace (new feature) – write your script directly in the editor and drop visuals as you go, then AI can mix and match AI voice recordings and your own voice recordings. Now you can make recording the last thing you do after everything else is down.
- Eye Contact (new feature) – with this feature turned on, your eyeballs are automatically focused on the camera. See an actual demo below
When can you access these new features?
Most features will be available between the next few weeks and July. Please keep in mind the timeline is based on this webinar on June 13th, 2023.
- Descript for Web: next few weeks
- Eye Contact: Late June
- Replace selection: Late June
- Record Scene by Scene: July
- Regenerate: July
A replay of Descript Season 4 Webinar
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Fei WuFei Wu is the founder and CEO of Feisworld Media, a Massachusetts-based digital media company helping brands get discovered by people and by AI. An Adobe Global Ambassador and brand partner to ElevenLabs, Synthesia, and 50+ other tech and AI companies, she hosts the Feisworld Podcast (400+ episodes, 500K+ downloads — guests have included Seth Godin, Steve Wozniak, Chris Voss, and Arianna Huffington) and co-created the documentary Feisworld: Live Your Art on Amazon Prime. Fei writes for CNET, Lifehacker, and PCMag, and her work has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and WIRED. She has been publishing on the internet since 2014 — long before AI discoverability had a name.
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