How it worksBlogHome

Blog

Notes on editing video locally

Working notes on transcript-first editing, keeping footage on your own machine, and the parts of video production that are duller and more fixable than they look.

transcript editing22 postsworkflow22 postslocal first11 postsprivacy11 posts
  • 12 August 2026 · 4 min read

    Cutting filler words without flattening the delivery

    Removing ums is easy. Removing them without making someone sound like a machine is a timing problem, not a detection one.

  • 29 July 2026 · 4 min read

    Why video editing should happen on your own Mac

    Keeping footage on your own machine is a privacy decision, but it is also a speed and reliability one. What local processing changes.

  • 15 July 2026 · 4 min read

    What transcript-first video editing actually changes

    Editing a transcript instead of a timeline changes which decisions are cheap. Here is what that does to the work itself.

Local, transcript-first video editing for Mac.

Product

  • How it works
  • Blog
  • Mac App Store
  • Support

Legal

  • Privacy
  • Terms
  • Licences