Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Cut silence in beginning and end of speech recordings automatically? From: Boyang Qin <boyangqi@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 12:15:03 -0500--000000000000b7886805bccd3ba5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi Tamer, I have done something similar using VAD (voiceActivityDetector) in Matlab. I tried to figure out the beginning of the recording. I ended up using Python later instead with webrtcvad (https://github.com/wiseman/py-webrtcvad), as the library in Python is free. Best, Boyang On Fri, Mar 5, 2021 at 12:25 AM Tamar Regev <tamaregev@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anyone know of a good way to automatically trim silent parts (which > may contain some minor background noise) at the beginning and end of speech > recordings? > > Preferentially using Matlab but any other automatic way would work (we > want to run this on *many* sound files). > > Thanks a lot! > Tamar > > --000000000000b7886805bccd3ba5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi Tamer,<div><br></div><div>I have done = something similar using VAD (voiceActivityDetector) in Matlab. I tried to f= igure out the beginning of the recording. I ended up using Python later ins= tead with webrtcvad (<a href=3D"https://github.com/wiseman/py-webrtcvad">ht= tps://github.com/wiseman/py-webrtcvad</a>), as the library in Python is fre= e.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Boyang</div></div><br><di= v class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 5= , 2021 at 12:25 AM Tamar Regev <<a href=3D"mailto:tamaregev@xxxxxxxx">t= amaregev@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote= " style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);= padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone k= now of a good way to automatically trim silent parts (which may contain som= e=C2=A0minor background noise) at the beginning and end of speech recording= s?</div><div><br></div><div>Preferentially using Matlab but any other autom= atic way would work (we want to run this on <u>many</u> sound files).</div>= <div><br></div><div>Thanks a lot!</div><div>Tamar</div><div><br></div></div= > </blockquote></div></div> --000000000000b7886805bccd3ba5--