How to remove filler words, pauses and retakes

Steps

1. Ask in chat, for example: "Remove the filler words like um and uh, and tighten any long pauses."
2. Novacut checks the transcript of the edit and removes what it finds, keeping b-roll and other lanes in sync.
3. The reply says what was removed. If there was nothing to remove, it says so.

More prompts

• "Remove dead air longer than half a second."
• "Cut the false starts and keep the best take of each line."
• "Remove the setup at the beginning before I start talking."

Tips

• Fillers are never cut halfway; a word is either kept or removed whole.
• Listen to the result. If a cut feels abrupt, ask: "Leave a little more breathing room after each sentence."
• Undo reverts the whole cleanup in one step.