# Edit a video by editing its transcript

> Reading is faster than scrubbing. Your video becomes text; delete a sentence and it is cut from every track, with the music, overlays and captions moving along.

Transcribe your video, then edit it like a document: delete words to cut the footage, remove um/uh, shorten pauses and drop repeated takes in one click. In your browser.

- Page: https://cutluma.com/tools/edit-video-as-text
- Open in the editor: https://cutluma.com/login?mode=register&next=%2Feditor%3Fguest%3D1%26tool%3Dtranscript
- Access: Part of the paid plans (the editor itself is free)
- Maker: CutLuma (https://cutluma.com/)

## How it works

1. **Drop in your video** — An interview, a talking head, a lesson. AI writes the transcript in 17 languages, including Arabic.
2. **Delete words, not frames** — Select the words you don’t want and press Delete. Fillers, long pauses and retakes have their own one-click clean-ups.
3. **Export or keep editing** — The cut is a normal timeline edit — add captions, titles and music, then export the MP4.

## Why CutLuma for this

- **Ripple across every track** — A cut in the transcript removes that stretch from the video, the music and the overlays alike. Nothing drifts.
- **Fillers, pauses, retakes** — Um, uh, you know, يعني, este — found and removed with a preview. Pauses longer than a second shrink to a beat; a sentence said twice keeps the last take.
- **Nothing is lost** — Cut words stay struck through in the transcript. Restore or Ctrl+Z brings them back.

## FAQ

**Which languages can it transcribe?**

Seventeen, including English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hindi, Urdu, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Arabic flows right to left.

**Is it free?**

The editor is free. Transcription is an AI feature included in the paid plans, with hours of AI time every month; the transcript is kept on the clips so you only pay once.

**Does it work on long recordings?**

Yes. Hour-long podcasts and webinars render as flowing text, and the current word follows the playhead.