Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Cut silence in beginning and end of speech recordings automatically? From: Marc Schoenwiesner <marcs@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 09:23:22 +0100--Apple-Mail=_D680544D-71CF-42E4-B8B1-B16E496810A6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Tamar, You could use the fast command line tool SoX (http://sox.sourceforge.net = <http://sox.sourceforge.net/>). Here is a short tutorial on its silence = filter: https://digitalcardboard.com/blog/2009/08/25/the-sox-of-silence/ = <https://digitalcardboard.com/blog/2009/08/25/the-sox-of-silence/> Cheers, Marc =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Dean, Dept of Life Sciences Professor of Neurobiology Department of Biology University of Leipzig Talstrasse 33 __o 04103 Leipzig _`\<,_ +493419736723 (+) / (+) & Department of Psychology University of Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/ =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > On 3. Mar 2021, at 16:09, Tamar Regev <tamaregev@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >=20 > Hi all, >=20 > 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? >=20 > Preferentially using Matlab but any other automatic way would work (we = want to run this on many sound files). >=20 > Thanks a lot! > Tamar >=20 --Apple-Mail=_D680544D-71CF-42E4-B8B1-B16E496810A6 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">Hi Tamar,</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">You could use the fast command line tool SoX (<a = href=3D"http://sox.sourceforge.net" = class=3D"">http://sox.sourceforge.net</a>). Here is a short tutorial on = its silence filter:</div><a = href=3D"https://digitalcardboard.com/blog/2009/08/25/the-sox-of-silence/" = class=3D"">https://digitalcardboard.com/blog/2009/08/25/the-sox-of-silence= /</a><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Cheers,</div><div class=3D"">Marc</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div dir=3D"auto" style=3D"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, = 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; = text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: = normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D""><div style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<b= r class=3D"">Dean, Dept of Life Sciences</div><div style=3D"color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: = normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: = 0px;">Professor of Neurobiology<br class=3D"">Department of = Biology<br class=3D"">University of Leipzig<br class=3D"">Talstrasse 33 = __o<br class=3D"">04103 = Leipzig _`\<,_<br class=3D"">+493419736723 = (+) / (+)<br class=3D"">& Department of Psychology<br = class=3D"">University of Montreal<br class=3D"">Montreal, = Quebec, Canada<br class=3D""><a href=3D"http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/"= class=3D"">www.uni-leipzig.de/~neuro/</a><br = class=3D"">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D</div></div></div></div> </div> <div><br class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On 3. Mar 2021, at 16:09, Tamar Regev <<a = href=3D"mailto:tamaregev@xxxxxxxx" class=3D"">tamaregev@xxxxxxxx</a>>= wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"">Hi all,<div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">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?</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Preferentially using Matlab but any = other automatic way would work (we want to run this on <u = class=3D"">many</u> sound files).</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">Thanks a lot!</div><div = class=3D"">Tamar</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div></div> </div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D680544D-71CF-42E4-B8B1-B16E496810A6--