Yes, script review and editing is a built-in step in VidNo's pipeline. You always have the option to review, modify, or completely rewrite the AI-generated script before any voice synthesis or rendering happens.
When you run vidno process recording.mp4, VidNo extracts context from your recording and generates scripts via Claude. Before proceeding to voice synthesis, it pauses and presents you with the generated scripts in your terminal. You see the full tutorial script, the quick recap script, and the highlight reel script, clearly separated and labeled.
At this point you have several options. You can approve all scripts as-is by pressing Enter, and VidNo continues to voice synthesis, rendering, thumbnail generation, and YouTube upload — all automatically, no further input needed. You can open any script in your preferred text editor for modifications by pressing e. Or you can reject a script entirely and have Claude regenerate it with additional guidance by pressing r and typing your feedback.
The editing step is where many users add their personal touch. Common edits include correcting technical terminology that Claude got slightly wrong, adding a personal anecdote or context that the AI could not know from the recording alone, reordering sections for better narrative flow, removing coverage of a tangential rabbit hole that is not relevant to the main topic, and adding emphasis markers (like pauses or stress indicators) that guide the voice synthesis.
VidNo's script format supports inline annotations for voice synthesis. You can add [pause] markers for natural breaks, [emphasis] tags for words that should be stressed, and [slower] or [faster] tags to adjust pacing for specific sections. These annotations are stripped from the rendered video's subtitles but influence how the voice model delivers each line.
If you want to skip the interactive review and let VidNo process everything automatically, use the --auto flag. This is useful for batch processing or when you trust the script generation and want fully hands-off operation — VidNo will render all four videos, generate thumbnails, and upload everything to YouTube without any manual intervention.
For users who want even more control, the --script-only flag generates scripts without proceeding to rendering, letting you edit at your leisure before running the render step separately.