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Import an episode from Descript

Export a finished Descript project straight to Convia, or paste its share link, and get the final edit, transcript and captions on an episode.

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Convia Pro imports a finished Descript export into an episode: the final edit, Descript's transcript with its speaker names, and Descript's captions. Choose Convia in Descript's Export menu, or paste the export's share link into Convia. No Descript connection or API key is needed, it works on every plan, and no transcription credits are used.

Export from Descript to Convia

Descript lists Convia as an export destination. Descript's own guide is Export your content to Convia.

  1. In Descript, click Export at the top right of the editor.
  2. Under Destination, choose Convia from the podcasting options.
  3. Click Publish. Descript creates a private, unlisted share page for the export, which is where Convia reads the media and transcript from.
  4. Convia's Import from Descript page opens in your browser. If you aren't signed in, sign in or create an account first, and the import opens again once your workspace is set up.
  5. Choose New episode or Existing episode. A new episode takes the title you type, or the Descript project's title if you leave it blank.
  6. Choose Import. The episode opens with an Importing from Descript banner while the file is copied in.

You can also import an export you already published from Descript.

  1. In Descript, export the project as a web link and copy the share link (it starts with https://share.descript.com/view/).
  2. In Convia, choose Import from Descript on the Episodes page and paste the link. With Descript connected under Integrations, New → Import from Descript link in the header opens the same screen.
  3. Choose New episode or Existing episode, then choose Import.

To add a Descript export to an episode you already have open, use Import from a share link at the foot of the Descript card on the episode's Video & audio page. The screen opens with that episode already chosen, and Cancel takes you back to it.

What a Descript import brings into the episode

  • The final edit. The file keeps the title you gave the export, and the episode's length is set from it. An audio-only export is listed as the final edit audio.
  • The transcript with speaker names. The speaker names you set in Descript become the episode's speakers, and you can still link each one to a guest under speaker mapping. Voices Descript couldn't name arrive as Speaker 1, Speaker 2 and so on, in the order they first speak. Descript sometimes splits one person into several voices when it's unsure, so name each voice and pick the same person for more than one when they are the same speaker.
  • Captions. When the export becomes the final edit, the Transcript & captions page lists every caption and lets you download them as WebVTT or SRT. Once you name the speakers, the captions carry those names. Descript makes these captions with its standard settings (up to 42 characters per line and 2 lines per caption), not the subtitle settings you chose in Descript.

When you import into an existing episode that already has a transcript or a final edit, you can choose to replace it with Descript's. Left unticked, nothing is replaced: a Descript video is added to the episode's files as another version, and an audio export goes into the episode's media.

While a Descript import runs

A finished export usually arrives within a minute. A long export, or one finished days ago that Descript has to prepare again, can take longer. You can leave the page: Convia sends a notification and an email when the import is ready.

When the export lands as the final edit, the banner says the episode is ready and lists what's left to do for a day: Name the speakers when Descript's names need a check, then Write show notes and Add clips if they aren't done yet. Close it with the X.

A workspace can start up to 20 Descript imports a day. Imports count toward your plan's storage and monthly episodes.

Descript import questions

Do I need a Descript connection or API key to import an episode?

No. Exporting to Convia and pasting a share link both work without connecting Descript. A Descript connection is only needed to send a recording to Descript for editing from Convia, which is covered in Episodes & clips.

Does importing from Descript use transcription credits?

No. Descript's transcript comes with the export, so the episode does not need to be transcribed again.

Which plans can import from Descript?

Every plan can import an episode from Descript. See conviapro.com/pricing for what each plan includes.

Why did my Descript import fail?

If Descript reports that the export failed, the episode says so within a couple of minutes: export it again from Descript and send it to Convia. If the share page is set to Project access required in Descript, Convia can't read it: set its access to Anyone with the link and import again.