Re: [Audacity-devel] Re: Cleanspeech

[Lynn A. <l_d...@ad...>]

The intention is that "Audacity CleanSpeech (CS)" will be available as
a preconfigured "skin" or "personality" of Audacity .... that involves
several initialization parameters (registry in Windows, not sure with
Linux and Mac ... ini file??). My impression is that the typical
end-user of CS will tend to be less computer literate than Audacity
end-users. They may or may not choose to enable the full features of
Audacity.

BTW: CleanSpeech is capable of handling a "batch" of vocal recordings.
It will apply the same precaptured NoiseRemovalProfile and Effect
parameters to multiple files (level of NR, TruncSilence max duration,
etc.) .... you can select the files, get it started, and let it "grind
away" without having to "baby-sit" each and every step for each and
every recording. At some point, it will re-implement the capability to
handle the mono track in the "wav viewer" ... that was disabled as
part of the merger of the "forked spinoff".

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Graham Mitchell" <gr...@gr...>
To: <aud...@li...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:21 AM
Subject: [Audacity-devel] Re: Cleanspeech


> > It took me a while, but I found the Cleanspeech preset stuff in
the
> > Preferences.
> >
> > What's it doing there? Why isn't it tied directly to the effect?
Why do I
> > have to clutch-close a project to use it? Shouldn't this be
labeled
> > "Cleanspeech Import" in the Filename menu, or "Cleanspeech Chain"
in the
> > Effects menu ?
>
> Cleanspeech is still QUITE beta.  1.3 *is* a beta, after all.  You
shouldn't
> expect everything to work, especially if it's something that wasn't
mentioned
> as being a new feature for 1.3.0 on the web page.
>
> Cleanspeech is an extremely streamlined toolchain for converting a
SINGLE wav
> of a recorded speech into a low-bitrate mp3 with the best possible
sound.
> (That's why it makes you close the project; it currently can't even
work with
> data in a project.)  And the fewer options (aka "manual steps"), the
better.
>
> [By the way, you should create a new message when posting to the
list rather
> than replying to a random message on a different topic.  It creates
funny
> reply chains for those of us who thread our email, and so your
message is
> more likely to be ignored.  See the attached screenshot for what I'm
talking
> about.]
>
> -- 
> Graham Mitchell - computer science teacher, Leander High School
> "Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the
only
> one that can be mass-produced with unskilled labor."
> -- Wernher von Braun
>