Descript Adds Search, Recording Requests, and AI Speech (Full Transcript)

September updates bring drive-wide search, async enterprise recording requests, ElevenLabs v4 voices, faster generation, and more.
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New in Descript Drive Search, Recording Requests, ElevenLabs v4 MiniMax H3 I Descript
Added on 10/21/2026
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[00:00:00] Speaker 1: Welcome to this changelog video, hosted by me, the Descript Changelog. It's September, and for once I'm on time. Wait, what? Sensei? Oh, no. Tucked over. Oh well. There's three new features to talk about, a few smaller things, and some bugs. It's a short one. Try to contain yourself. There's a search bar for your whole drive now, with a full results page behind it. Type a name, and your projects, files, and folders come up. You can also ask Underlord to find things for you. Files, folders, projects, layout packs, you name it. Can't tell you why you named something Final Final V3. It'll find it though. This one's for enterprise teams. You can now ask someone to record for you, on their own time. Send the request, with a script if you want one. They record whenever they get to it, and the footage comes back to you. No call to schedule, no one asking if you can hear them now. You'll still have to wait for them to do it though. Can't help with that part. Number three. AI Speech runs on 11labs version 4 now. Voice clones sound more like the person they came from. Same price. Pick it in your AI model settings, and some projects will switch over on their own the next time you open them. If you like the old voice better, you can switch back. No one ask. And now, here's 11labs V4. And now, here's 11labs V4. Number four. Now for some smaller things. Paid plans generate video with a faster default model. MiniMax H3. Max Turbo. That's a mouthful. And it sticks closer to your prompt. Usage in the settings panel now goes back 12 months, so you can see where your AI credits went. Gemini 3.8 Flash is in the model picker. Enterprise drives default to Claude Opus 5.5. The new center active speaker model is on for everyone. Give it a try if your active speaker isn't centered yet. Finally, Underlord plans now describe the video you'll get in plain words. If you already wrote the plan, it only asks for what's left. Number five. You fix some bugs. They're all on screen. Read them at your own pace. I already have. And that's all the news that's fit to print. Or post on YouTube. I've been the Descript Changelog. Go make something.

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Descript’s September changelog introduces drive-wide search with a full results page and Underlord-assisted discovery of projects, files, folders, and layout packs. Enterprise teams can now send asynchronous recording requests, optionally including a script, so contributors can record on their own time. AI Speech adds ElevenLabs v4, improving voice-clone fidelity at the same price while preserving the option to switch back to older voices. Additional updates include faster default paid-plan video generation through MiniMax H3 Max Turbo, 12 months of AI-credit usage history, Gemini 3.8 Flash in the model picker, Claude Opus 5.5 as the Enterprise drive default, broader availability of Center Active Speaker, and clearer Underlord plan descriptions. The release also contains several bug fixes shown in the video.
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Descript September Changelog: Search, Requests, and AI Speech
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  • A new drive-wide search bar and results page can locate projects, files, folders, and layout packs; Underlord can help find them too.
  • Enterprise users can request recordings asynchronously, with optional scripts, without scheduling a live call.
  • AI Speech now supports ElevenLabs v4 for more faithful voice clones at the same price, with the ability to revert to older voices.
  • Paid plans get faster default video generation via MiniMax H3 Max Turbo, alongside several model, analytics, and active-speaker updates.
  • The release includes clearer Underlord planning behavior and multiple bug fixes.
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Positive: The tone is upbeat and lightly humorous, presenting product improvements enthusiastically while acknowledging practical limitations such as waiting for requested recordings.
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