Share audio recordings with a link and know who listened

You record something. A voice memo, a podcast draft, a note to your team. The recording sounds good. Now you need to get it to someone.

So you open your email, attach the file, realize it's too large, compress it, lose some quality, send it, and then wait. Did they listen? Did they listen to the whole thing? You have no idea. The file sits in their inbox like a letter with no return receipt.

Orec handles this differently. You record in the browser, click "Get Link," and share the URL. Anyone with that link can listen on any device without downloading an app or creating an account. Send the link wherever you want. That is all they need.

How sharing works

The flow takes about three seconds after you finish recording.

1. Record your audio at orec.live/recorder.
2. Click "Get Link" on any saved recording.
3. Orec encodes your audio to Opus (same quality, smaller file) and uploads it.
4. You get a short URL like orec.live/listen/a7kx3.
5. Send that link anywhere: text, email, Slack, Discord, a sticky note on someone's monitor.

The link is permanent. It will work next week, next month, next year. Orec does not expire shared links on any plan.

If you want the full-resolution file for editing in a DAW, you can still export WAV locally from the recorder. Sharing uses Opus because the file is smaller and the quality difference is inaudible for speech and most music. Your local copy stays lossless.

Before you share, a quick polish pass is usually worth it. The silence remover strips dead air in one step. The dynamic compressor evens out volume so listeners are not riding the volume knob. If you need to bleep a word or remove a name before sending, the audio censor tool handles that without uploading anything. And if you want your recording to land at the right loudness for the platform, run it through the LUFS normalizer first.

What your listener sees

The person who opens your link gets a clean player page. A waveform visualization. Play/pause. Volume control. A progress bar that shows exactly where they are in the recording.

The player page has no signup prompt, no "download our app" banner, and no ads to dismiss. They click play and hear your audio. The page works on phones, tablets, and desktops.

This matters because every friction point between "click the link" and "hear the audio" is a chance for your listener to give up. A podcast editor who opens a link and sees a login form will close the tab. A client who has to install an app will say "just send it as an attachment." Orec removes all of those barriers. The link works instantly for everyone.

Reactions and voice replies

Listening is only half of the conversation. The people you share with can respond directly on the player page.

Emoji reactions let listeners drop a reaction pinned to a specific moment on the waveform. Your bandmate can mark the exact spot where the bass line hits right. Your client can flag the section they want you to re-record. The reactions sit on the waveform so you can see exactly what moment prompted each one.

Text comments work the way you'd expect. Listeners type a note and it appears on the recording page. Good for longer feedback that needs more than an emoji.

Voice replies are the most useful feature for async conversations. Your listener can record a response directly on the player page and send it back to you. No app required. They click, talk, and you get their reply attached to the original recording. It turns a one-way voice memo into a back-and-forth conversation.

All of these features work without the listener creating an account. They show up, react, reply, and leave. Zero friction.

Listen analytics (Pro)

On the free plan, you share and hope for the best. On Pro, you know exactly what happened.

The sender dashboard shows you:

• Who opened the link. See each listener with a timestamp of when they first clicked.
• How far they got. Did they listen to the whole thing or drop off at the two-minute mark? You'll know.
• A retention heatmap. See which sections of your recording people replayed, skipped, or abandoned. If everyone drops off at the same spot, that section probably needs editing.
• Timestamped reactions. See emoji reactions pinned to the waveform with the name of who left them and when.

This is the feature that matters most for professional use. If you send a voice proposal to a client, you want to know if they played it before the meeting. If you share a podcast draft with your co-host, you want to see which segments they replayed. The analytics turn sharing from a black box into a feedback loop.

Pro costs $4.99/month. It also includes custom player branding (replace the Orec logo with yours or remove branding entirely), unlimited recording length, cloud sync, and lossless WAV downloads.

Who this is for

Client communication. Send a voice walkthrough of a proposal, a design review, or project feedback. See if they listened before the call. Follow up with the people who missed it.

Podcast production. Share a rough cut with your editor or co-host. They can drop reactions on the waveform to mark sections that need work. They can record a voice reply with their notes instead of typing paragraphs.

Music collaboration. Send a demo to your bandmates. They listen on their phone during lunch, drop a fire emoji on the bridge, and record a quick reply saying "the chorus needs more guitar." All without installing anything.

Remote teams. Replace the meeting that should have been a voice memo. Record your update, share the link in Slack, and check the analytics to see who caught up. Voice replies keep the conversation going async.

Education. Teachers can send audio feedback on student work. Students can reply with questions. The whole exchange happens on a single page with no accounts or apps.

Privacy and storage

By default, everything stays on your device. Recordings live in your browser's local storage. Nothing is uploaded until you explicitly click "Get Link."

When you do click that button, the audio uploads to Cloudflare R2 (a storage network with zero egress fees, so listeners anywhere in the world can play it without incurring transfer costs). The share link uses a random unguessable ID, so only people you send it to can access the recording.

Orec does not use your audio for training, advertising, or any purpose other than playing it back to the people you share it with.

If you want your audio to stay completely local, record and export WAV directly from the recorder. The sharing feature is opt-in. Nothing leaves your device unless you click that button.