Audio Proofreading Workflow

By the fourth read, a Comms Manager stops seeing her own document. Eyes pattern-match what they expect — not what's there. The missing word in the opening sentence, the wrong product name, the date that never got updated: these survive visual review because visual review stops working.

Audio proofreading works because listening is a different cognitive channel. A missing word forces the reader's voice to pause. A duplicate word makes the ear hear it twice. This template structures that process into a reliable workflow: prepare the draft, listen once at a steady pace, annotate as you go, compile the catch log, resolve and publish.

The workflow guides you through document preparation for listening, instructs the error annotation pass, categorizes each catch by type (copy error, factual flag, or rhythm issue), and produces a marked-up draft with a resolution status. The output is either publishable after you resolve annotations — or a handoff artifact ready for an editor.

For Comms Managers, Content Leads, and Brand Editors who own external-facing copy and publish under deadline. Designed for the 15 minutes before 5pm.