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If you purchase something through a link on our site or in our newsletter, Charter may earn an affiliate commission._ Advancements in artificial intelligence are revolutionizing podcast editing. A growing number of tools allow users to edit audio by editing the underlying transcript instead of working with waveforms, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry. We put four different podcast editors with this feature—[Descript](https://www.descript.com/?lmref=Xb0mRA), [Podcastle](https://podcastle.ai/), [Riverside](https://riverside.fm/), and [Streamlabs—](https://streamlabs.com/podcast-editor)to the test, and Descript was the clear winner. At present, none of the other tools we tested come close to matching its capabilities. While all of the tools we tested let you text-edit audio, most of them are currently limited to simple functions, such as deleting words. Descript offers more optionality: You can cut and paste sections of a conversation, overdub words and sentences, and edit audio files as separate tracks, which is particularly useful when speakers talk over each other. Descript offers four different pricing options, including an Enterprise plan. #### PROS * It offers the most editing features of the tools we tested, almost letting you edit a podcast the way you would edit a Google or Word document. * It automatically downloads projects that you open, allowing you to edit them offline. * It has a solid Free plan for users who only need to transcribe and edit one hour of audio per month. #### CONS * It can occasionally be a little glitchy, undoing or ignoring edits you’ve made. * It has a steeper learning curve than you might expect. _Read the full review at_ [_charterworks.com_](http://www.charterworks.com/charter-work-tech-the-best-ai-podcast-editors/)_._ --- ## Read more from Charter [READ MORE](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/) [Open article: How to Lead Amid the Uncertainty of AI](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7315114/how-to-lead-amid-the-uncertainty-of-ai/)  ### How to Lead Amid the Uncertainty of AI [READ MORE](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7315114/how-to-lead-amid-the-uncertainty-of-ai/) [Open article: The Role of Unions in Training for AI at Scale](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7301906/the-role-of-unions-in-training-for-ai-at-scale/)  ### The Role of Unions in Training for AI at Scale [READ MORE](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7301906/the-role-of-unions-in-training-for-ai-at-scale/) [Open article: The case for a ‘chief work officer’](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7290350/chief-work-officer/)  ### The case for a ‘chief work officer’ [READ MORE](https://time.com/partner-content/charter/7290350/chief-work-officer/) --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/partner-content/charter/6300640/the-best-ai-podcast-editors/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/partner-content/charter/6300640/the-best-ai-podcast-editors/"},"headline":"The Best AI Podcast Editors","datePublished":"2023-08-02T11:30:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-28T07:07:22.361Z","description":"One standout pick for easy text-based editing.","url":"https://time.com/partner-content/charter/6300640/the-best-ai-podcast-editors/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta83d9ad5b8573ef8/698a3f2d929fad200fbfa071/Podcast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jacob Clemente","jobTitle":"Senior Reporter, AI & Work","url":"https://time.com/author/jacob-clemente/"}],"articleSection":"Charter","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta83d9ad5b8573ef8/698a3f2d929fad200fbfa071/Podcast.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Podcast.jpg","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/partner-content/charter/6300640/the-best-ai-podcast-editors/","name":"The Best AI Podcast Editors"}}]}] ```