Chapter 72 — Build 239

The day found its own volume

What changed

Build 239 gives listening routines a little more shape. Episode Quick Actions
can open the existing download-count, queue-age, and podcast-speed controls
directly, with VoiceOver focus on the adjustable control. Queue options can
save the current order as a lineup and apply it later without throwing away
episodes that are already waiting.

Playback adds Volume Boost levels from Off through High, globally or per
podcast, without changing the system volume. Silence trimming now shortens
quiet gaps while audio plays and keeps the saved episode position honest. The
old Voice Enhance switch is gone because it changed the audio session and made
playback mono without actually enhancing speech.

Transcript metadata can show speakers, timestamps, or both. The choice updates
the transcript itself and Markdown exports from the viewer or episode Actions.
VoiceOver keeps each transcript segment together and speaks times naturally.

**What to test**

Use episode Quick Actions to open each editor. Focus should land on its native
adjustable control. Save a Queue lineup, change the Queue, then apply it. Saved
available episodes should move to the front in order, other queued episodes
should remain, and Earshot should announce applied and skipped counts.

Try every Volume Boost level during playback, then set a different level for
one podcast. Turn silence trimming on and off during speech with real pauses.
Audio should respond live, remain stereo, and resume at the expected saved
position. Also check ordinary playback speed, background audio, and VoiceOver
responsiveness.

On a podcast with a supplied transcript, try Speakers only, Timestamps only,
and Speakers and timestamps. Check the live transcript, its VoiceOver speech,
an export from the viewer, and an export from episode Actions. Each place should
contain only the metadata you selected.

Kashe saved a lineup before the first drive, news first, the long interview
after lunch. The order stopped being another thing she had to rebuild between
doors.

One host spoke softly, so she raised that show without touching the phone's
volume. Another left pauses long enough to make her check whether playback had
stopped. Earshot tightened the gaps and kept going.

That evening she exported a transcript with speaker names and no clock beside
every sentence. Renata asked why that mattered.

“Because I asked for names,” Kashe said. “Not a stopwatch.” black text on a white background 022270. ...... Earshot Podcasts https://testflight.apple.com/join/u8dj5UTr