A few days ago a discussion in the Freak Show podcast pointed to an interesting BBC research project to render audio waveforms in the browser.
We now added a new output file format (Waveform Data File), which is generated by the open source tool audiowaveform and can be used to display interactive audio waveform data using the Peaks.js java script library. Here is an example screenshot:

(image from BBC R&D blog)

The tool includes features to zoom in waveforms, to mark segments in audio files (could be interesting for chapter marks) and can be easily integrated ...

The Auphonic Leveler Batch Processor is now also available for Windows desktop operation systems (32bit and 64bit)!
The interface is very similar to the Mac version and you can use one single license to run the Leveler on your Windows and Mac system!

About the Auphonic Leveler

The Auphonic Leveler is a Desktop Batch Audio File Processor for loudness management:

• Automatic adjustments to be compliant with new loudness standards (EBU R128, ATSC A/85, ITU-R BS.1770, etc.)
• True Peak Limiter is included
• Adaptive Leveler, which corrects loudness variations within one file

Our unique Adaptive Leveler analyzes the content of audio files ...