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Text Based Video Editing
Edit videos by working with text, not timelines. Select your best takes and create polished videos in minutes
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Edit videos as easily as editing a document
Cutting and trimming your footage is easier with text-based video editing. Instead of dragging clips and scrubbing through a timeline, simply edit a video’s transcript. Your video will update automatically, saving you hours of tedious work. VEED's text-based video editor helps you work faster on podcasts, interviews, lectures, and any other speech-heavy content.
VEED puts you in control with text-based editing; no need for advanced editing skills. Our editor is perfect for polishing podcasts or turning long webinars into short clips. Upload your video, generate the transcript, and start editing. With video text editing, you skip the complexity of traditional software.
How to edit a video with text:
Step 01
Upload video
Add your video with speech and click the ‘Script’ button in the tools menu.
Step 02
Edit by text
Edit your video by modifying the transcript: remove silences, delete unwanted sections, and rephrase lines. Refine your message as easily as editing a document.
Step 03
Enhance and export
Go to the settings to remove filler words and silences (short, long, or custom duration) with a click. Export your video or keep editing to add text overlays, background music, and your logo.
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Watch this text-based editing walkthrough:
Edit videos like editing a document
Ever spent an hour searching for that perfect cut point? With text-based video editing, just read through the transcript and delete what you don't need. No more endless timeline scrubbing or precise cursor dragging. Simply highlight text to trim sections, remove filler words with a click, or rearrange segments by copying and pasting. Your video updates instantly as you edit. Beginner editors can create professional-looking videos, while experienced creators will appreciate the streamlined workflow.
Save hours of video editing time
Clean up videos in seconds with our intelligent AI tools. One click removes all "ums" and "ahs." You can also remove silences. Set how long a pause needs to be before our AI removes it automatically. This feature removes dead air while keeping natural breaks. Want to save even more time? Our AI clip generator identifies your most engaging moments and turns them into social-ready clips, no manual selection needed. All these tools work right in your browser. No need to download software.
Turn long videos into shareable shorts
Text-based editing makes finding shareable moments ridiculously simple. Just scan your transcript for key points instead of watching the entire video again. Select any section, export it as a standalone clip, and you're ready to post. Resize automatically in any format, such as Instagram Stories or YouTube Shorts. Add eye-catching captions for sound-off viewing and maintain brand consistency with saved colors, fonts, and logos. Create a week's worth of content from one lengthy recording.
FAQ
Text-based video editing lets you edit videos by modifying the transcript rather than manipulating clips on a timeline. Simply delete unwanted text to remove those sections from your video, or copy and paste to rearrange content. This approach makes editing faster and more intuitive, especially for content with lots of dialogue, like interviews, podcasts, and tutorials.
Yes. VEED's auto-transcription tool is free to try. Upload your video, generate subtitles, and export the video with a watermark. Paid plans include transcript downloads (TXT, VTT, SRT), higher transcription limits, and watermark-free exports. You can check our pricing page to see our available plans and features.
Yes, paid users can download transcripts in TXT, VTT, or SRT format. Transcripts are useful for repurposing content into blog posts or adding to a company’s knowledge base.
Yes. You can select sections in the transcript and export them as standalone videos.
Yes. Our AI clip maker automatically identifies and extracts highlights from interviews, podcasts, webinars, and other long-form videos. The tool generates social media-ready clips with subtitles. No need to manually select the best quotes from your footage.
Yes, our ‘Edit with Script’ feature is available on the free plan. Check our pricing page for more details on plans and features.
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With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
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You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
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The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
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I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
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With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
“
You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
“
The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
“
I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
“
The first four videos i created with VEED got over 40,000 impressions on LinkedIn.
Travis Tyler
Senior Content Producer,
PandaDoc
“
I found VEED at the right time: if you're making UGC ads and not using Eye Contact Correction and Noise Reduction on VEED you're missing out on ROI.
Sebastian Schurgers
Head of Growth Marketing,
Gronda
“
With VEED I didn't need 15 tutorials - I jumped straight in and started editing.
Gwenne Wilcox
Founder,
Brand Brainery
“
You can go beyond choppping things. VEED actually makes my videos look great.
Michael Glover
Demand Gen Manager,
ConvertFlow
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