Cut retakes and false starts from your video
Click Remove mistakes in Tella. The Tella Agent finds retakes, false starts and repeated lines, then cuts only the ones you approve.
Try it in Tella
Paste a prompt into the Tella Agent in the editor, or into Claude or ChatGPT connected to Tella, then ask for changes.
Find every place where I restart a sentence or say the same line twice. Keep only my last, cleanest take. List each cut with the words you'd remove before you make it.
I recorded this product demo in one go and fluffed a few lines. Remove the retakes, cut any pause longer than one second, and tell me how much shorter the video got.
For each line I repeated in this lesson, keep the take where I sound most confident, even if it isn't the last one. Explain each choice in one sentence.
How do I remove mistakes and retakes from a video automatically?
In Tella, open Cut and click Remove mistakes. The Tella Agent reads the clip's transcript and finds repeated phrases, false starts and retakes. It lists each proposed cut with the words it would remove and why, then cuts only what you approve.
How to do it
- Select the clip in the Tella editor.
- Open Cut and click Remove mistakes.
- Mark each proposed cut ✓ to cut or ✗ to keep.
- Click Cut all, Cut N or Keep all.
Good to know
- Needs a paid plan or the 7-day trial. Messages use your workspace's credits.
- It works on one clip at a time: the clip you have selected.
- Undo a cut like any edit, or undo every cut in a clip to restore the original recording.
Frequently asked questions
In Tella, filler-word removal cuts sounds like "um" and "uh". Remove mistakes looks at meaning: a sentence you started twice, a repeated line, or a take you abandoned.
No. Tella shows every proposed cut with the exact words and waits for your answer. You can also reply in plain words, like "keep the second one" or "cut the whole intro".
Yes. An AI app connected to Tella's MCP server can read your transcript and cut the parts you describe. The Remove mistakes button and its approval cards are only in the Tella editor.