Edit your video by typing what to cut

Text-based video editing comes in two kinds. In one, you edit the transcript like a document and the video follows. In the other, you describe the edit in words and the tool plans it. Saytrim is the second kind: you type a request, and an assistant plans the cuts.

You read the plan on your transcript, remove a cut you do not want, move a cut's start or end, and approve. You do not type into the transcript itself.

You do not need timecodes. Name the moment by the words you spoke:

• “Cut from where I say okay, so today to the end of the intro.”
• “Remove the part where I mess up the light tip.”
• “Cut the word honestly.”
• “Remove the ums and the long pauses.”

Every cut snaps to word timestamps, so no cut splits a word.

Before anything renders, each planned cut is marked on the transcript, with the words it removes. Click a word to jump the video to that spot. Play a short before and after of any cut. Nothing is edited until you approve.

The edit receipt lists every change with its time. Undo any step, or restore a single cut in one click. Your original video is never changed, so you cannot lose it by experimenting.

English works best. You can also edit videos in Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish and many more, and chat in your own language. Automatic filler removal covers English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic and Spanish for now.

Saytrim does one job: talking videos. If you want to rewrite a video word by word, or lay out music and scenes, a full editor is a better fit. If you want the ums, pauses and wrong takes gone without learning one, this is faster to start.

New to editing altogether? Read how to edit a video without ever opening a timeline.