What do Descript's filler-word removal, Edit for Clarity and wordless-media features automate, and what are their documented limits (language, speakers, AI speech)?

Problem. Text-based editing automates cuts from a transcript; each automation has scope limits. Conditions. Descript help pages 23 Oct 2026. Method (documented). Filler words: detects ums, uhs and similar in English transcripts only, lists each with timestamp and preview, and per instance lets you delete, replace with a gap, ignore, or remove from the transcript. Edit for Clarity: analyses the script to clean pacing, tighten delivery and remove unnecessary or off-topic content; an Edit intensity slider (Low light touch, Medium balanced, Heavy more aggressive); an optional Reword for flow generates AI speech where needed and requires speaker labels and an assigned AI Speaker for each speaker. Wordless media (Beta): shows silence, dead air, ambient noise and pauses as editable script text, disabled by default, enabled per project or in app settings for new projects. Smooth jump cuts can be turned on after these edits to heal the new cuts (P-L1-6-06). Use [inference]: run filler removal on dialogue before picture lock, review in Find-first style to keep intentional pauses (comedic or dramatic beats are rhythm per Murch, P-L1-6-01); do not run Reword for flow on generated or cloned speech without checking consent and disclosure. Failure modes. Removing pauses that carry meaning; non-English content silently unsupported. Limitations. Documentation only. Version/date. 2026-10-23. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Features are labelled beta in places; availability by plan not checked. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://help.descript.com/script-editing/filler-words.md",
      "note": "Intro; How it works; How it works; Overview; Overview; Smooth cuts after other AI actions; Use"
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      "url": "https://help.descript.com/script-editing/edit-for-clarity.md",
      "note": "Intro; How it works; How it works; Overview; Overview; Smooth cuts after other AI actions; Use"
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      "url": "https://help.descript.com/script-editing/wordless-media.md",
      "note": "Intro; How it works; How it works; Overview; Overview; Smooth cuts after other AI actions; Use"
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      "url": "https://help.descript.com/script-editing/smooth-jump-cuts.md",
      "note": "Intro; How it works; How it works; Overview; Overview; Smooth cuts after other AI actions; Use"
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