[robfitz]

I had been wondering why/how so many startups had suddenly "figured out" the transcript-first editing interface, and it seems that Gentle was the answer.

Such a transformational piece of invention that has enabled a whole wave of powerful and valuable products (e.g., descript.com for video/audio editing, buildbetter.app and grain.co for custdev/PM interviews, callin.com for podcasts, etc.).

Amazing and impactful work here, and it's striking how non-commercially the creator approached it all. Thanks for sharing.

[rememberlenny]

For the curious - Assembly.ai (https://www.assemblyai.com) is an incredible API for getting really low-cost, high quality and fast audio/video transcription on a word-by-word basis.