Scripted recording support | Voters

Scripted recording support

under consideration

Tracey Lee Lorenson

We create a script, then record. I'd love to use Descript to edit the final product, especially as I sometimes go slightly off script when recording.

I know we can record directly in, and upload a transcript, I'm just hoping to change the order :)

December 13, 2019

Support Team

Merged in a post:

Adding an Autocue

Dan Parry

A lot of the time I have written a rough script and need to record myself saying it. It would be awesome if I could add my written script or prompts so that I can read it out loud and have Descript record the video for me to use in scenes.

August 7, 2024

Zain Hakeem

All that said, also need the quality/reliability of recording in descript to improve - I have tons of dropped frames and skipped time that doesn't happen in other apps with my scripts.

While we're at it, adding voice-controlled script reading support?

j1364641852

The current process is unintuitive if we're recording from a script. 
Currently, I paste the script I need to read into the Descript page so I can read it while recording into Descript. Then I redundantly Copy and Paste the same script into the Import Script feature. I then have 2 redundant copies of the same script in the document.
Ideally, along with the "Record into script" option, there’d be a "Record THIS script" option when you detect Writing on the page that does not have any matching audio. Once I’m done recording, you treat that text on the page as the text you currently use for the Import Script feature. Bonus points if you highlight places where I’ve deviated from the script.

Todd Gibson

This might be a good fit too

https://feedback.descript.com/feature-requests/p/make-a-script-more-conversational

Elias Brasser

Actually the Descript ai would probably learn other languages than English so much faster when we provide the correct transcript to it

Kevin from Descript

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Mark Ward

I, too, would LOVE to have this feature. If I could automate the editing process by getting Descript to do its best to relate the audio to the script, mark any additions that I ad-libbed (always brief), and retain the last instance of any given repeated phrase, I'd happily pay double for the service. This has the added benefit of a "perfect" transcription that doesn't need editing: all capitalization, spelling, punctuation, and paragraphing would be found in the final transcript.

Propane

Mark Ward: Agreed - a few threads on detecting bad takes if you want to upvote: https://feedback.descript.com/feature-requests/p/auto-detect-multiple-takes-game-changer

Laurent Breillat

Adding to everything that's been said : the auto transcript feature in French is not /that/ good, so uploading the script could help make it like 95% accurate, which would help a lot, mostly for 2 reasons :

Easier to scan the text when there are proper sentences with the actual words, so way quicker to edit.
Easier to implement a feature where it would automatically highlight when the same text is repeated twice, indicating a retake.

Andrew Mason

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Khaki

This is my #1 feature request as well. 
Descript is so close to being the ultimate scripted recoding tool! With its ability to transcribe text it can detect re-takes of sections, or extraneous speech. 
With a single click you could auto-edit a whole recording, removing early mistakes and keeping only the last, best take. And if there are still any errors, or misspoken words, you could have Overdub correct those to match the script.

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