Afterglow lets you write comments at particular moments in a podcast recording and export them as text. Each note stays with the version you heard, so you can return to the passage yourself or give an editor its timestamp.
We're building Afterglow for iPhone. You bring in an audio file from your existing recording or editing process, listen, and write your own notes. An episode draft can sit alongside earlier edits in the same project. The demonstration uses a short sample with fictional episode comments.
Listen to the version you want to review
Import the episode audio into a project and give the track a name you can recognize, such as "Episode 12, edit 2". Notes belong to that track. If the editor later sends a shorter version, your earlier comments still refer to the recording you heard when you wrote them.
This matters when a change moves everything after it. A note at 0:34 in one edit may refer to a different sentence at 0:34 in the next. Afterglow keeps the notes separate rather than moving them onto the new edit.
Leave a comment at the moment it concerns
The player has an Add note control with the current timestamp. Open it when you reach a point you want to mark, write your comment, and save the note. You can adjust the timestamp in the same editor if you want it to start a little earlier.
A note can be a requested change, a question for your co-host, or something you want to keep. It doesn't have to be a correction. For example, "Keep this pause" and "Did we explain what this means?" can both belong to precise moments in an episode.
Selecting a saved note returns you to its timestamp without changing whether playback is running or paused. Press Play to listen if the track is paused. If your comment concerns a longer passage, you can describe its end in the text. The note itself marks one position; it does not select or remove a range of audio.
Send the notes as text
The export includes the project and track names, each note's timestamp, and labels placed in the recording. Here is an example for a fictional episode:
The garden next door - Episode 12, edit 2
Opening (0:12)
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0:12
Could we start with the question at 0:20?
Interview (0:34)
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0:34
Keep the pause before this answer.
Closing (1:01)
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1:01
From here to 1:12, have we covered this in the opening?
Open the editable text example to copy it into your own document. The names, timings, and comments are fictional; replace them with your own. You can use the example without Afterglow or an account.
Afterglow's text export can be copied or shared through another app. It doesn't include the audio, and the timestamps in the exported text aren't shared playback links. The recipient needs the corresponding recording separately.
Keep the next edit alongside it
An exported message is a copy. Changing a note in Afterglow won't update a message you have already sent. You can export again when you want to share revised comments.
When another edit arrives, import it as a new track in the project. Earlier notes remain available, including notes you mark resolved. You can compare the recordings by listening and use labels to return to corresponding passages even when their times differ.
Afterglow holds the recordings and your listening notes. Audio edits and the conversation with your editor continue in the tools you already use.
