Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Cut silence in beginning and end of speech recordings automatically? From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mustafa_y=C3=BCksel?= <koffeeandtv@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0300--000000000000549c5905bcc72631 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have two suggestions depending on the structure of your recordings. If all files have the same duration of silent parts at the beginning or at the end, you can use Praat. After you load all files to Praat you will select the convert - extract part command. It will reduce the file to the duration you choose and automatically create new files without editing the originals. But if all files have different lengths you might wanna check Audacity. It has a built-in "truncate silence" command. It will cut all signals below the thresholds you can choose. Yet, please keep in mind that this will remove every silent part in your recordings. Best, Mustafa *Mustafa Y=C3=BCksel, Ph.D.* *Ankara Medipol University* *Speech and Language Department* Tamar Regev <tamaregev@xxxxxxxx>, 5 Mar 2021 Cum, 08:25 tarihinde =C5=9Fun= u yazd=C4=B1: > 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 spee= ch > recordings? > > Preferentially using Matlab but any other automatic way would work (we > want to run this on *many* sound files). > > Thanks a lot! > Tamar > > --000000000000549c5905bcc72631 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div>I have two suggestions depend= ing on the structure of your recordings.<div><br></div><div>If all files ha= ve the same duration of silent parts at the beginning or at the end, you ca= n use Praat. After you load all files to Praat you will select the convert = - extract part command. It will reduce the file to the duration you choose = and automatically create new files without editing the originals.</div><div= ><br></div><div>But if all files have different lengths you might wanna che= ck Audacity. It has a built-in "truncate silence" command. It wil= l cut all signals below the thresholds you can choose. Yet, please keep in = mind that this will remove every silent part in your recordings.=C2=A0</div= ><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Mustafa<= /div><div><br></div><div><i><font size=3D"1">Mustafa Y=C3=BCksel, Ph.D.</fo= nt></i></div><div><i><font size=3D"1">Ankara Medipol University</font></i><= /div><div><i><font size=3D"1">Speech and Language Department</font></i></di= v></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr= ">Tamar Regev <<a href=3D"mailto:tamaregev@xxxxxxxx">tamaregev@xxxxxxxx= m</a>>, 5 Mar 2021 Cum, 08:25 tarihinde =C5=9Funu yazd=C4=B1:<br></div><= blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-l= eft-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);pa= dding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Does anyone kno= w of a good way to automatically trim silent parts (which may contain some= =C2=A0minor background noise) at the beginning and end of speech recordings= ?</div><div><br></div><div>Preferentially using Matlab but any other automa= tic 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> --000000000000549c5905bcc72631--