Adobe Express: Edit audio via text transcript in Adobe Podcast Studio

Adobe Express Try it →Watch full video →Aidy Ballard · Sep 2025

Demo summary

The user shows how to upload a file to the Studio, generate a transcript, and delete specific sentences from the audio by simply highlighting and deleting the corresponding text.

Step-by-step

Create a new project in the Studio
Upload an audio or video file
Click Transcribe
Select Detect different voices to label speakers
Highlight the specific text you wish to remove from the recording
Press Delete to cut the audio segment

Options

Import video files instead of just audio files
Use the Undo button or Ctrl+Z to restore deleted segments
Copy the transcript text for use in external tools like ChatGPT

Watch out for

Video file imports may require a premium plan
The file must finish processing and uploading before transcription can begin

Tips

Use the transcript to generate video descriptions based on the content
This tool is especially powerful for faceless content where you need to match video to audio after quality checks

Highlights

“it seamlessly cuts out that part”

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