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Orbit · Voice for podcasts

The podcast app

you talk to.

Driving. Walking. Cooking. Lifting. Most of podcast listening happens while your hands are occupied. Orbit let's you engage without touching your phone.

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01 · Recovery

"Hey Orbit,

what did I miss?"

Your mind wanders. Someone talks to you. You miss the last two minutes. Just ask what happened, or jump back to the last thing you remember.

02 · Navigation

"Hey Orbit,

Skip ahead to where they talk about pricing."

Scrubbing blind is the worst part of any podcast app. Ask for the part you actually want by describing it. Orbit finds it in the transcript and jumps you there.

04 · Ask & discuss

"Hey Orbit,

save that."

Hear a line worth keeping. Say so. Orbit grabs the surrounding passage, timestamps it, and files it under the show. Read or export later.

04 · Ask & discuss

"Hey Orbit,

Can you explain why populism means in this context?"

Follow-up questions. Push back on a claim. Get the argument summarized. Orbit keeps the thread; it remembers what you asked two minutes ago.

05 · Web

"Hey Orbit,

Look up more details about Project Suncatcher."

A reference you don't catch. A study you want sourced. A company you've never heard of. Ask, get the answer read aloud, and the source saved alongside.

03 · How it works

How it works

01

Say Hey Orbit

When you're listening, Orbit holds opens audio session and listens for the wake word “Orbit.” It won’t record any audio until you've woken it up.

02

Ask Anything

Orbit has the transcript. Words, speakers, timestamps. Orbit can answer about anything that's been said in the episode so far, not just guess from a title.

03

Orbit Acts

Orbit can change playback, jump to a time, rewind, fast‑forward, search the transcript, save notes, or even search the web for more information.

08 · Questions

The things people ask first.

Is Orbit always listening?Privacy

No. Orbit only listens for the wake phrase locally on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere until you say "Hey Orbit" or tap the bar. When you do speak to it, the question and the relevant transcript snippet are processed in our cloud, kept long enough to answer, and discarded.

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Podcasts that

talk back.

Orbit is in private beta on iOS. Join the waitlist for an invite. Beta members get three months free when we launch.

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