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I would like to be able to easily take "audioshots" like I take screenshots: Press a button (ideally hardware like vol up + vol down) to retrospectively save th

by sieste 5y ago

I would like to be able to easily take "audioshots" like I take screenshots: Press a button (ideally hardware like vol up + vol down) to retrospectively save the last ~30 sec of audio playing on my phone (podcast, song, news, phone calls), along with a link to source and a transcript. I listen to new music and podcasts while walking and running and this would greatly simplify bookmarking things that I want to follow up or relisten.

filoeleven 5y ago
Even just a podcast player with bookmarking (including transcript and links as you said) would be massively helpful. The amount of time I’ve spent trying to track down relevant/interesting chunks of Radiolab episodes alone to share with others is not inconsequential.
- rkhassen9 5y ago
  Great idea. Got me to thinking...someone has to have done this. I found a couple of examples: for iphones: Airr (bookmark moments and includes transcripts) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airr-audio-conversations/id1355926315 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airr-audio-conversations/id135... for Android: Podcast addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.po...
  - sieste 5y ago
    Many thanks for the links. I don't have an iphone, and I've seen podcast addict for android (but never used it) and knew it has a bookmark feature. For me it has the downside that the feature is tied to the app. That's like having a screenshot function that only works in one particular web browser. How awesome would it be if you just pushed a button and save a short record of any recently played audio. Like someone mentions an interesting book on a podcast, or you hear a great drum solo in a song, or someone spells out an email address or phone number in a phone conversation. I guess I'll have to build this myself then :)
  - rjmunro 5y ago
    player.fm has a share feature that lets you include the timestamp, e.g. https://player.fm/series/space-boffins-from-the-naked-scientists-1335731/flowers-in-space?t=1323 https://player.fm/series/space-boffins-from-the-naked-scient...

by sieste 5y ago

filoeleven 5y ago

Even just a podcast player with bookmarking (including transcript and links as you said) would be massively helpful. The amount of time I’ve spent trying to track down relevant/interesting chunks of Radiolab episodes alone to share with others is not inconsequential.

rkhassen9 5y ago
Great idea. Got me to thinking...someone has to have done this. I found a couple of examples: for iphones: Airr (bookmark moments and includes transcripts) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airr-audio-conversations/id1355926315 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/airr-audio-conversations/id135... for Android: Podcast addict https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.podcastaddict&hl=en_US&gl=US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bambuna.po...
- sieste 5y ago
  Many thanks for the links. I don't have an iphone, and I've seen podcast addict for android (but never used it) and knew it has a bookmark feature. For me it has the downside that the feature is tied to the app. That's like having a screenshot function that only works in one particular web browser. How awesome would it be if you just pushed a button and save a short record of any recently played audio. Like someone mentions an interesting book on a podcast, or you hear a great drum solo in a song, or someone spells out an email address or phone number in a phone conversation. I guess I'll have to build this myself then :)
- rjmunro 5y ago
  player.fm has a share feature that lets you include the timestamp, e.g. https://player.fm/series/space-boffins-from-the-naked-scientists-1335731/flowers-in-space?t=1323 https://player.fm/series/space-boffins-from-the-naked-scient...