It’s #InternationalPodcastDay! The banks are closed and we’ve all gathered around the ear pods with our families. Drop a link to let us know what you listened to on this highest of podcast holy days.

Welcome to Descript v99🚀 The wait is over. Rooms is live — though still in beta, so please remain seated with your seatbelts fastened — and we’ve started letting people in off the waitlist. Want to get in on seamless, high-quality podcast recording, right in Descript? Join the waitlist: descript.com/rooms

Another day, another restart Descript notification. Believe it or not, tomorrow will be Descript version 99.

New to Descript? Or need a refresher? Join @_christiana____ and Marcello tomorrow for a live Descript 101 session✨ They'll demo features and workflows to set you up for success. Register: lu.ma/descript-101-sept-2024

We’ve got some big news for podcasters. We’re introducing two new ways to record a podcast—and start editing as soon as you hit stop—plus a new AI editing feature that will save you hours. It’s now much easier to record, edit, and publish a podcast in Descript ⚡️

New vocab word: podfade [PAHD-fade]. Podfade occurs when a podcast slowly stops releasing new episodes and disappears into the listening app ether. Podcasters, reply with your tips for avoiding podfade 👇

If you had told us 15 years ago that podcasts were going to start including video, we would have said “What’s a podcast?” — technology sure does move fast. Have you added video to your podcast workflow yet? Tell us how 👇

It’s August, which means it’s @PodcastMovement month! Our team is gearing up for a trip to D.C. to hang with the podcast community. Let us know if you’ll be there! P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for some big Descript updates, made especially for podcasters, in the next few weeks 🎙️

It’s now way easier to change the scope of your edits when you’re adjusting a layer that spans multiple scenes. That’s kind of a mouthful — here’s an example: Say you want to change the color of your captions, you can now select whether you want that change to apply to your captions just in the current scene, or across all scenes.

Three weeks ago, we launched Underlord to handle tedious editing tasks you don’t want to deal with. Which of Underlord’s AI powers have you used so far? What new AI powers should we add?

We just announced the waitlist for AI video regenerate. Here's what Underlord’s newest powers will mean for you & your workflow👇 🔹 Faster editing & zero re-recording 🔹 Translate your video so it looks like you were speaking other languages 🔹 Real you and AI you, and your respective lips, will sync seamlessly 🔹 You, and only you, own your AI voice & face Check out the FAQ section for more information, and to join the waitlist: descript.com/video-regenerat…

Coming soon: AI video regeneration that will save you hours ⚡️ Make edits by typing, or choose a different language, and Descript will generate your AI voice and sync your lips. You’ll never re-record again. Join the waitlist: descript.com/video-regenerat…

Here are the highlights from Descript Season 6 - which was huge - from CEO @andrewmason. He covers 👇 🔹 Underlord 🔹 Clip creation 🔹 Translation 🔹 Animation 🔹 Descript for Web 🔹 Interface redesign