# Guides and comparisons

Honest tool comparisons, platform loudness targets, and step-by-step workflows for cleaning up, leveling, and transcribing audio and video.

## Comparisons

- [Adobe Podcast Enhance Speech: Free Limits, Review & Alternatives](https://audo.ai/guides/adobe-podcast-enhance.md): What Adobe's free tier covers, what moved behind Firefly Pro ($19.99/mo), why Enhance Speech v2 can sound over-processed, and how alternatives compare.
- [Auphonic Alternatives for Podcast & Video Audio Clean-Up](https://audo.ai/guides/auphonic-alternative.md): How Auphonic's automated leveling and publishing compare with Audo AI, Adobe Podcast Enhance, Descript, and Cleanvoice.

## How-to guides

- [Can ChatGPT or Claude Remove Background Noise and Transcribe Audio?](https://audo.ai/guides/can-chatgpt-remove-background-noise.md): Why plain chat models can't clean audio waveforms on their own, and how to give ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor real audio tools in one minute.
- [Podcast Loudness: What LUFS to Aim For on Spotify, Apple & YouTube](https://audo.ai/guides/podcast-loudness-lufs.md): Official loudness and true-peak targets for every major platform, what LUFS and dBTP mean, and how to hit −16 LUFS without clipping.
- [How to Transcribe an Interview (With Speaker Labels and Timestamps)](https://audo.ai/guides/how-to-transcribe-an-interview.md): A practical 4-step workflow for researchers, journalists, and podcasters: verbatim vs. clean read, speaker diarization, word-synced checking, and exports.
- [How to Even Out a Quiet Podcast Guest and Fix Interview Echo](https://audo.ai/guides/fix-quiet-guest-and-interview-echo.md): Why normal volume boosters and live call filters fail on remote interviews, and how to fix uneven speaker volume and hollow room reverb after the call.

Every tool: https://audo.ai/llms.txt