Dee Jay Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hello; I've just joined Blue Room, and really hope someone out there can help me with this query. I need to transcribe some audio files (usually MP3 format. However, sometimes the clarity is not so good. I am presently using NERO SoundTrax software (...for the first time..), and am wondering whether this package - of some other you can recommend, can enable me to concentrate on those portions of the audio-file that are indistinct, and make them play: (a) more slowly; and (b) more clearly? What I want is to be able to hear what the speaker is saying really well; in order to transcribe correctly. Looking forward to hearing from someone on this. Kind regards, .............................Dee Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&L Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hello; I've just joined Blue Room, and really hope someone out there can help me with this query. I need to transcribe some audio files (usually MP3 format. However, sometimes the clarity is not so good. I am presently using NERO SoundTrax software (...for the first time..), and am wondering whether this package - of some other you can recommend, can enable me to concentrate on those portions of the audio-file that are indistinct, and make them play: (a) more slowly; and (b) more clearly? What I want is to be able to hear what the speaker is saying really well; in order to transcribe correctly. Looking forward to hearing from someone on this. Kind regards, .............................Dee Jay 'Audacity' is free to use and should do what you need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkicallaghan Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 As you slow something down you'll lose quality as the encoding gets changed. The less you slow it down the better or at least not so bad it will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 Nero Sound Trax is quite a decent little program, but its function is really a multi track mixing and creation tool, and last time I used it it had not decent editing functions, its more for assembling mixed tracks. Nero Wave editor is for actually editing sound files and I think it can use VST plugins too.Improve clarity though - yeah maybe. It will do basic stuff like EQ and compression and a certain amount of noise reduction. If the speaker was recorded with a duff mike that was some distance from mouth that is picking up all kinds of other extraneous noise then you may have a lot of work to do. And you may need better tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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