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Search locally
Use Focus when the job is private archive retrieval, exact source moments, and export-ready editing handoff.
Product preview
Query
speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts
Speech
Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.
Visual
Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.
People
Filter results where detected people appear.
Short answer
Use Focus when recordings and archives need to stay local, be searched across folders, and move into pro editing workflows.
Search spoken content and jump to source timestamps.
Search across folders instead of one cloud project at a time.
Move useful moments into timeline and subtitle handoff formats.
The friction
Use Focus when the job is private archive retrieval, exact source moments, and export-ready editing handoff.
How Focus helps
Focus indexes local footage so editors can search transcripts, scenes, and people, then export moments to Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, or subtitle workflows.
Search spoken content and jump to source timestamps.
Search across folders instead of one cloud project at a time.
Move useful moments into timeline and subtitle handoff formats.
Local retrieval vs cloud text editing
Focus
FocusDescript-style workflow
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Identify recordings that should stay local.
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Search real quotes, topics, and names in Focus.
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Send approved selects into the editing workflow.
FAQ
No. Focus is built for local search, selects, sequences, and handoff.
Yes. Transcript search is a core retrieval workflow.
Teams comparing cloud text editing with local private search should start here.
Ready
Use Focus for local transcript and source-moment retrieval.