u/SirGibblets

Achew is a tool that connects to Audiobookshelf and helps you find a book's chapters by analyzing the audio. I first posted about it around 9 months ago and I wanted to provide a quick update for the possibly dozens of you that use it.

The project now has full documentation including installation and setup instructions, feature explanations, example walkthroughs, and more.

Achew is currently at version 1.7.2. Some notable changes since the first version:

• Chapter Search: Flexible rule-based search for auditing your library, making it easier to find books that need chapter work.
• Realignment workflow: Automatically realign the timestamps of chapters that are slightly off (e.g. the chapters occasionally found by ABS's chapter lookup feature).
• AI Cleanup enhancements: Define a chapter formatting style for your library with reusable custom instructions. Cleanup also now supports OpenRouter and GitHub Copilot as providers.
• Speed optimizations: Many long-running tasks, including smart detection, now run 2-3x faster.
• Chapter Editor improvements: Add new chapters, edit and bulk-shift timestamps, run partial detection, transcribe chapters in-place, and apply titles from various sources.

A HUGE thanks to all the users who reported issues, requested features, and helped test changes.