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 "summary": "Edit audio and video by editing a written transcript, like a document. Includes one-click sound clean-up (Studio Sound), captions and a copy of your voice for fixing words. The free plan adds a watermark to video.",
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    ],
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    ],
    "commercial_use": "yes",
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  "note": "Prices as published by the maker. Anything in estimates is Plainly's own rough comparison, not a maker price."
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    "label": "Desktop app"
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   "windows"
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  "id": "active",
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  "available_on": [],
  "hosts_models": [],
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  "for_task_label": "A voice or speech, by editing audio or a podcast I recorded",
  "entries": [
   {
    "slug": "adobe-podcast",
    "name": "Adobe Podcast (Enhance Speech)",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/adobe-podcast.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "podcastle",
    "name": "Async (formerly Podcastle)",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/podcastle.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "auphonic",
    "name": "Auphonic",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/auphonic.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "cleanvoice-ai",
    "name": "Cleanvoice AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/cleanvoice-ai.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "gling",
    "name": "Gling",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/gling.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "listnr",
    "name": "Listnr AI",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/listnr.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "riverside",
    "name": "Riverside",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/riverside.json"
   },
   {
    "slug": "vozo",
    "name": "Vozo",
    "type": "tool",
    "json": "https://plainly.guide/api/tools/vozo.json"
   }
  ]
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 "last_updated": "2026-10-12",
 "entry_status": "draft",
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   "field": "access",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/download",
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   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Download page: Mac (macOS 14+) and Windows 11+. A browser version and API were not confirmed."
  },
  {
   "field": "commercial_use",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Terms assign ownership of Input and Output to you; no explicit commercial clause. The software licence itself is for personal or internal business use; stock media other than Storyblocks may need its own licence. Free video exports are watermarked."
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  {
   "field": "licence",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
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   "field": "lifecycle",
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   "checked": "2026-10-12",
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  },
  {
   "field": "likeness_cloning",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Voices are made by having the speaker read a set consent statement, or in some cases by uploading training audio with your promise of consent. No identity check described beyond the statement."
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  {
   "field": "made_by",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Terms list a legal-notice address in San Francisco, CA, US."
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   "field": "modalities",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/pricing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
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  {
   "field": "openness",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
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   "field": "skill_level",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/download",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "low",
   "confidence_label": "Inferred or from a secondary source; needs review",
   "note": "Inferred; install a desktop app and sign in."
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  {
   "field": "tasks",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/pricing",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "medium",
   "confidence_label": "Checked, but the page was unclear or partial",
   "note": "Edit audio or video by editing the transcript; Studio Sound clean-up; AI Speakers (voice copies) can also read new text. AI assistant Underlord, Green Screen and Eye Contact have no task ids."
  },
  {
   "field": "trains_on_outputs",
   "url": "https://www.descript.com/terms",
   "checked": "2026-10-12",
   "confidence": "high",
   "confidence_label": "Checked on the maker's own page",
   "note": "Terms: Descript may use inputs and outputs to train its models unless you have opted out; how to opt out isn't explained there. Third-party AI providers are barred from training on them."
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   "fr": "https://plainly.guide/fr/tools/descript/"
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 "attribution": "Data from Plainly Guide (https://plainly.guide). Please credit Plainly with a link to the entry page when you use it."
}