Category: Audio
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Transcribing oral history recordings with AI
A proposed project aims to digitise and transcribe a vast archive of audio recordings from the 1970s to the 1980s, overcoming challenges like “sticky-shed syndrome” and enhancing content searchability. The initiative explores the use of OpenAI’s Whisper for transcription, noting its improved accuracy with diverse accents and background noises. Testing on a Cornish interview demonstrated…
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Click, crackle and hum – the wonders of audio restoration
The history of recorded sound goes right back to the 1850s with the invention of the phonautograph, a machine that used a rotating drum, a feather, some soot, and a funnel to record the vibrations of the human voice. The machine was based upon the construction of the human ear. It could not play back…