Creating a program to automate podcast editing

[gorzek]

Have it break up every single line as its own file. Then each script file corresponds to exactly one audio file. ffprobe can tell you the length of each audio file, so now you're just doing simple addition to timestamp everything. You can also use ffmpeg to insert silences before/after each line to ensure enough pause between them.

I'd say give that approach a shot before trying anything more complex.