Descript's playback and navigation features allow you to see where you are in the script and Timeline and play your composition. These features are comprised of two elements: the transport and playhead.
Transport
The transport is the main playback and navigation control center and is located at the top of the Timeline.
| Skip to next marker | |
| Skip to previous marker | |
| Play at playhead | |
| Pause at playhead | |
| Access menu for playback speed |
Playback Speed
Have you ever felt like it takes too long to listen through your media while editing? Changing your playback speed allows you to listen at up to 3x the normal speed! Check out our How to adjust playback speed video guide for a walkthrough.
Keep in mind that this only adjusts playback while editing in Descript. If you want to adjust the speed of clips on your exported files, see the Looping and clip speed adjustment article.
Playhead
The playhead indicates the starting position of your playback media and is represented in the script as a blue cursor and in the timeline as a vertical blue line. During playback, the playhead will also highlight the current word in your script.