Edit video by transcript
Edit the words, not a timeline — cross out a sentence and that part of the video is cut.
The first run downloads the speech model to your browser (cached after that). Best on desktop — mobile devices may be slower.
Drop a video or audio file to edit by transcript
or click to browse
How it works
Drop a video or audio file in. WavyVid transcribes it with AI, right in your browser.
Click any sentence in the transcript to mark it for removal — it's struck through, not deleted, so you can undo anytime.
Export: the marked sentences are cut and the rest is stitched back together, with an updated caption file to match.
When you'd use this
- You recorded a talking-head video with a rambling aside or two and want to cut them without scrubbing a timeline.
- You have an interview with a false start or redundant sentence that reads easier to fix in text than in a video editor.
- You want a Descript-style text-based edit without paying for a subscription editing tool.
Frequently asked questions
Does this cut at the exact word, or the whole sentence?
The whole transcript segment (typically a sentence or phrase, as detected by the AI transcription) — clicking a segment marks that entire chunk of speech for removal.
Can I undo a cut before exporting?
Yes — Undo/Redo work on every edit until you hit Export, which is the only irreversible step (it re-encodes the final video).
What happens to captions after I cut sentences?
You get an updated .srt alongside the edited video, with timestamps automatically corrected to match the new, shorter timeline.
Does it auto-detect filler words like "um" and "uh"?
Yes — likely filler words and stammered repeats are highlighted automatically, with a one-click "Remove all" you confirm before it's applied.
How is this different from just watching the video and cutting a timeline?
Reading is faster than re-watching — scanning a transcript for redundant sentences takes a fraction of the time of scrubbing through footage looking for the same thing.
Want more detail? Read: A free Descript alternative — text-based video editing explained