Headroom: Podcasting Toolkit for Mac

Headroom: Podcasting Toolkit is a powerful, AI-driven macOS app that streamlines the entire podcast production process—from raw audio to publish-ready episodes. Import audio from any source and let Headroom Assistant handle the heavy lifting: automatic transcription, AI-generated titles, descriptions, show notes, and chapter breakdowns. With contextual suggestions and editable AI output, creators can move faster while maintaining full control.

Headroom also leverages Apple Intelligence to generate high-quality artwork and chapter images directly within the app, elevating your podcast’s visual identity. Use customizable templates, fill in metadata, and export in multiple formats including fully tagged MP3/MP4 files, transcripts, and show notes in markdown, HTML, or plain text. Whether you’re building a professional show or starting a passion project, Headroom helps you create polished, platform-ready episodes in record time—so you can focus less on logistics, and more on your voice.

Whether you’re an independent creator or managing multiple podcasts, Headroom simplifies the process with AI-driven automation, transcription, and direct export to hosting platforms.

From importing your audio to generating metadata, structuring chapters, and exporting in multiple formats, Headroom takes care of everything—so you can focus on content.

Episode Preparation

• Import audio files from any recording or editing application
• Convert files into podcast-ready formats (MP3, MP4/AAC)
• Add metadata, including title, description, and show notes
• AI-powered Headroom Assistant generates descriptions, summaries, and structured show notes

Automated & Manual Transcription

• High-accuracy AI transcription for seamless editing
• Identify and edit timestamps for better accessibility
• Generate subtitles in multiple formats: SRT, VTT, TXT, JSON
• Remove filler words and redundant segments with a single click

Comprehensive Metadata & Chapter Management

• Set episode numbers, season numbers, and explicit content tags
• Automatically insert time codes into show notes
• Generate structured chapter markers with timestamps
• Organize episode metadata and embed ID3 tags

Flexible Export & Publishing

• Export podcast-ready audio with bitrate, sample rate, loudness normalization settings
• Generate episode files in Markdown, HTML, JSON, TXT, RSS Snippet
• Export structured transcriptions for web, video, and captions

AI-Powered Podcast Assistant

• Transcription-Based AI Generation: Create episode titles, descriptions, and show notes automatically
• Chapter Suggestions: AI-generated chapter markers for better episode navigation
• Engagement Optimization: Improve clarity, conciseness, and searchability of titles and descriptions
• Custom AI Prompts: Set personalized AI responses for enhanced automation

Intuitive macOS-Native Interface

• Welcome View for quick access to recent episodes and templates
• Episode Window with waveform visualization and playback controls
• Sidebar Navigation for seamless switching between metadata, chapters, transcription, and export
• Customizable Player Controls with forward/backward options

Additional Tools & Settings

• Episode Checklist & Publishing Status (Not Ready, Ready, Published)
• Service Management for selecting and managing podcast hosting platforms