Rescript for Desktop
A free, open source, Descript alternative. Runs on-device.
What it does
🎬 An open source, transcript-based video editor that lives in the browser. Edit videos by simply editing the transcript text. Runs fully on your device or in the browser: Local, free and offline! Now available as a Desktop app on Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Since the last launch we've added: - More accurate transcriptions - Desktop app + Dark mode - Support for 5 languages - Export formats + ability to export as audio - Importing/exporting transcripts and captions.. and more!
Free, open-source, transcript-based video and audio editor. Transcribe locally, delete words to cut media, regenerate a line in the original voice, and export — without your files ever leaving your device.
Rescript transcribes your video and audio on-device, cuts the footage as you delete words, and respeaks the lines you rewrite — in the original voice. Whisper transcribes on-device with word-level timestamps and speaker labels. Already have captions? Import your own SRT, VTT, or JSON instead. Select text, hit delete, and the matching footage is cut. Strip fillers and silences in one click. Playback skips every cut in real time. Video, audio, transcript, or subtitles — rendered with ffmpeg on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded at any point. So um, the thing about floating point is you know, it was $31,000 that Apple paid uh, for that. Struck-through words are already removed from the…from getrescript.com
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