Edit a Podcast by Talking to It

How voice-command editing works

Most podcast tools make you edit after you record: you scrub a timeline, or you delete words from a transcript, or you drag clips around. DoneCast flips that. You edit while you talk. When you slip up or want to add something, you say a command out loud, keep going, and DoneCast handles it behind the scenes.

Say you blow a line. Instead of stopping, marking a timestamp, and fixing it later, you just say 'mulligan,' pause, and say the line again the way you meant it. DoneCast cuts the bad take and keeps the good one. The same idea covers highlights, AI answers, and notes-to-self, so by the time you stop recording, the tedious part of editing is largely done.

• You speak commands during the recording, not after it.
• Each command maps to a real edit: cut a flub, insert an answer, bookmark a clip, log a to-do.
• DoneCast also cleans filler words, false starts, and excess silence automatically, without any command.
• Trigger words are configurable per show, so you can pick phrases you'd never say by accident on air.

The voice commands

DoneCast's spoken commands are short on purpose so they don't break your flow. Say them mid-sentence and keep recording.

• 'mulligan' — roll back a mistake. Re-say the line and DoneCast cuts the bad take, keeping the clean one.
• 'Intern, [question]' — DoneCast generates a spoken AI answer and drops it right into the episode. For example: 'Intern, what year did Shawshank come out?'
• 'gold' — bookmark a highlight moment so you can pull it later as a clip.
• 'notepad, [note], done' — capture a spoken to-do without stopping the recording.
• SFX keywords — say a phrase you've set up and DoneCast drops in the matching sound effect.

Why edit by voice instead of a timeline

The whole point is to stay in the moment. Timeline and transcript editors are powerful, but they pull you out of the recording and into hours of cleanup afterward. When you edit by voice, the fix happens at the exact second you notice the problem, while you still remember what you meant to say.

It also lowers the barrier to publishing. A lot of people record something good, then never ship it because the edit feels like a chore. If most of the editing is done by the time you stop talking, you actually release the episode. And when you do want to fine-tune something, DoneCast still has text and manual editing in the app, so you're never boxed in by the voice commands alone.

• Fixes happen in real time, at the moment you notice them.
• Far less post-production, so episodes actually get published.
• Text and manual editing are still there for fine-tuning when you want it.
• From recording to voice-editing to publishing on Spotify, Apple, and 20+ apps via RSS, it's one workflow.

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