Libretto - Descript alternative for editing recordings fast

Libretto is a speech-first editor for podcasts, interviews, and talking-head videos. Edit your recordings by editing the transcript, remove filler speech and long pauses automatically, and export a clean final cut in minutes. There are no per-action credits: you can clean up and edit as much as you need. Built for creators working with long-form spoken content.

Hey everyone, we’re back with a new version of Libretto 👋

Tools for short-form and AI-generated content have exploded recently, but long-form spoken content such as podcasts, interviews, lectures is still where a lot of meaningful work happens.

Descript was a pioneer here. It made narrative editing fast and intuitive with transcript-based editing.

Libretto is inspired by that direction, and focused on making the core editing workflow simpler, faster, and more reliable for long recordings.

Today you can:
- Edit recordings by editing the transcript
- Remove filler speech and long pauses in one pass
- Export a clean final cut in minutes

And importantly, no credit-based limits for cleanup or editing.

If you’ve used Descript or similar tools, I’d especially love your feedback!

Thanks for checking it out 🙏

Libretto - Descript alternative for editing recordings fast

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