Show HN: Vocal Slice – Cut audio by selecting text, fully on-device

📝 Discussion Summary (Click to expand)

Top 3 Themes in the Discussion

Audio‑to‑Video Content Extraction

“Yeah that's one great use case – you could search for text in a movies audio stream and add that to a video clip for example.” – terranivium
Annual‑License Pricing Concerns

“Why is an annual license instead of one‑time only purchase? …?” – akx
Future Feature Interest & Community Openness

“IMO, this is vibeable with tauri, …”
“can you make youtube poops with it?”
“100% it is encouraged!”
“If you extended this to allow assembling audio from multiple takes …” – unified101, gnoll_of_gozag, terranivium

🚀 Project Ideas

Generating project ideas…

Assemble long audio scenes from multiple transcript‑selected clips.
Eliminates manual splicing for podcasts, audio dramas, and video post‑production.

Key	Value
Target Audience	Audio drama producers, podcasters, video editors
Core Feature	Drag‑and‑drop transcript‑based clip stitching with automatic alignment
Tech Stack	React front‑end, Node.js backend, Whisper.cpp for STT, SQLite for metadata
Difficulty	Medium
Monetization	Revenue-ready: subscription $12/mo

Directly addresses tene80i’s comment: “assembling long pieces of audio scene by scene, like 30+ mins… would save them dozens of hours.”
Enables community plugins that export stitches to DAWs, fostering discussion on extensibility.

Open‑source transcription engine with built‑in audit‑ready licensing metadata.
Solves concerns about missing THIRD‑PARTY‑NOTICES and annual‑license justification.

Key	Value
Target Audience	Legal‑sensitive creators, indie developers, compliance teams
Core Feature	One‑click generation of compiled third‑party notice files for each release
Tech Stack	Rust CLI, Docker image, GitHub Actions for automated release assets
Difficulty	High
Monetization	Hobby

Responds to unied101’s question about “annual license instead of one‑time purchase,” offering a perpetual free tier with optional paid support.
Sparks conversation on open‑source compliance within the HN community.

Client‑side extension that extracts YouTube audio, runs local STT, and creates time‑stamped text slices for quick video editing.
Enables direct YouTube “poops” without leaving the site.

Key	Value
Target Audience	YouTubers, meme creators, content reviewers
Core Feature	Right‑click → “Create Slice” → generate downloadable audio fragment with metadata
Tech Stack	JavaScript/TypeScript, WebAssembly Whisper, Chrome Extension APIs
Difficulty	Low
Monetization	Hobby

Answers akx’s query about GitHub releases for proprietary binaries by running entirely client‑side.
Directly fulfills gnoll_of_gozag’s question “can you make youtube poops with it?” with a practical solution.