Finding Clipped Peaks in Audio

Hi all,

I have a bit of a quandary and would very much appreciate input from the audio experts on here.

The TL:DR version is that I am looking for an accessible way to know if the sound levels in an audio file clip in the waveform, besides just listening to it and giving my best guess.

I am streaming some audio from a line-level source and have been adjusting the volume by ear, mainly by raising it in the program I am using. I really was hoping there was a way to actually know if my audio is clipping, even slightly, before it is so bad that you can hear it. As I raise the volume, the sound appears to be slightly compressed, and that to me suggests that there may be some clipping going on already even if it isn’t appearing as distortion.

While I am streaming this audio, I can download archives of the recordings and could then analyze it in an audio editor.

I know that a sighted person can just look at the waveform and see if there are any clipped peaks, and this is what I want to be able to do. Is there any type of solution (JAWS script, NVDA ad-on, etc.) to make that waveform accessible to screen reader users? I have licenses for a couple versions of Sound Forge and Gold Wave and am open to any other suggestions.

Thanks!