Vocal Slice

What is Vocal Slice?

Vocal Slice is a desktop app for Windows and Mac that cuts audio by selecting text. It transcribes recordings locally with Whisper, then jumps the waveform to any phrase you highlight. You export clean, named WAV clips without uploading anything, which suits podcasters, editors, and voice actors handling sensitive or private recordings.

Top Features:

• Text-based selection: highlight words in the transcript and the waveform zooms to that spot.
• Lossless WAV export: source WAV files are cut byte-exact, so quality never drops.
• Naming templates: every exported clip follows your own file naming convention automatically.

Use Cases:

• Podcast editing: pull quotable moments from long episodes for social clips and trailers.
• Game dialogue: split long voice sessions into individually named line files for developers.
• Take comparison: find every repeat of a line and step through each take quickly.

Who Can Use Vocal Slice?

• Podcasters: grab highlight clips from hours of recordings without scrubbing through waveforms.
• Voiceover artists: deliver auditions and session lines as cleanly named, ready-to-send files.
• Video editors: locate and export specific spoken lines from interviews for faster cuts.

Pricing

• Free trial ($0 for 7 days): every feature unlocked with no account or card required.
• License ($29 one-time): all features and future updates on up to three machines.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Fully offline: transcription and slicing run on your machine, so audio stays private.
• One-time price: pay once and keep every future version without a subscription.
• Accurate cuts: word timings are shifted to fix the usual speech recognition lag.

Cons:

• Narrow focus: it cuts and exports clips but is not a full audio editor.
• Desktop only: there is no web or mobile version for editing on the go.
• Model downloads: transcription models need up to 1.6 GB of extra disk space.

FAQs:

1) Is my audio uploaded anywhere?

No, transcription and slicing both run on your own hardware with no account needed.

2) Which file formats can it open?

It opens WAV, MP3, FLAC, M4A, AAC, and OGG files of any length.

3) Does it work without internet?

Yes, you only need a connection to download a model and activate your license.

4) Which languages does it support?

It includes English and multilingual Whisper models covering languages like Spanish, German, Japanese, and Hindi.

5) How many computers can I use?

One license covers up to three machines, such as a desktop and a laptop.