Menu and Navigation Bar

The Audio Editor top bar contains job actions, save and undo controls, and audio playback navigation.

CVAT Audio Menu and Navigation Bar

Open the Menu to manage the current job:

Item	Description
Upload annotations	Imports interval annotations into the job. Audio tasks use the Generic TSV 1.0 format.
Export job dataset	Exports interval annotations.
Remove annotations	Removes all intervals, or only the intervals in a selected time range. The removal is saved only after you save the job.
Run actions	Annotation actions are currently not available for audio jobs.
Open the task	Opens the task details page.
Change job state	Changes the job state to New, In Progress, Rejected, or Completed.
Finish the job	Saves the annotations and sets the job state to Completed.

Save, undo, and redo

Button	Description
Save	Submits unsaved interval changes to the server. Default shortcuts: `Ctrl`+`S` `⌘`+`S`
Undo	Reverses the latest interval creation, deletion, or edit in the current session. Default shortcuts: `Ctrl`+`Z` `⌘`+`Z`
Redo	Restores the most recently undone interval change. Default shortcuts: `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Z` `Ctrl`+`Y` `⌘`+`Shift`+`Z`

Use the player controls to play or pause the audio and move the playhead:

Playback navigation

Button	Description
Jump to start	Moves the playhead to the beginning of the recording.
Long step backward	Moves the playhead backward by 5% of the currently visible waveform. Default shortcut: `C`.
Short step backward	Moves the playhead backward by 0.5% of the currently visible waveform. Default shortcut: `D`.
Play/Pause	Starts or pauses playback. Default shortcut: `Space`.
Short step forward	Moves the playhead forward by 0.5% of the currently visible waveform. Default shortcut: `F`.
Long step forward	Moves the playhead forward by 5% of the currently visible waveform. Default shortcut: `V`.
Jump to end	Moves the playhead to the end of the recording.

The step sizes are fixed and cannot be configured. The displayed shortcuts are configurable.

Control	Description
Fullscreen	Toggles fullscreen mode for the Audio Editor.
Guide	Opens the task guide when one is configured.
Info	Opens job statistics, including the total audio duration, region count, and per-label region counts, duration, and coverage.
Filters	Restricts the intervals shown in the sidebar and waveform. See Filters.
Annotation mode	The drop-down list to switch between different annotation modes: Audio annotation is currently the only available annotation mode for audio jobs.