Remove silence from a recording
Pauses longer than the length you choose are shortened to about a third of a second, so the words don't run together. At the end you see how many pauses were shortened and how much time was removed.
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Get the transcriptHow to do it
- Choose a recording.
- Set how long a pause may be and what counts as silence.
- Click “Remove silence”, see how much time was removed and download the result.
Questions
- Will it cut quiet words?
- Only stretches that stay below the silence level for longer than the pause you set are shortened. If quiet speech gets cut, choose “Only near-total silence” and try again.
- Why is a short pause left in?
- Without any pause the sentences would run into each other. Each long pause is shortened to about a third of a second, with a smooth transition so there is no click.
- Can I remove silence from a video?
- Yes. Choose the video and you get its sound without the long pauses as an MP3 or WAV file. The picture is not kept.
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