Hi Cool Edit can search for silences - and you can set the level and duration of the silence - it then puts in cue points if you remove the silences where the silences have been removed and then you can run through them by cue points or split the file into separate files, automatically renaming them. My only uncertainty is as to how the program will find silences - will you make it so that between phone calls you will have digital silence so it's easily found or will there be any noise there. Also if there are pauses in conversation, will these be seen as silences? If you can ensure against that I don't see why Cool Edit shouldn't work. Regards. Gordon McFarlane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Curtis Delzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 3:10 PM Subject: Re: Splitting Files with Cool Edit or Other Audio Program, Urgent,Job Related
> Hi, you can use GoldWave to auto separate calls for you, making them files > automatically, as long as there is a known area of silence between the > calls. It is quite a unique ability, better than Sound Forge which is not > as > speech friendly for that option. I don't know about Cool Edit in that > regard. > > > > Curtis Delzer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Hatch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 10:32 PM > Subject: Splitting Files with Cool Edit or Other Audio Program, Urgent,Job > Related > > >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> Please be forewarned, I'm a pc tech by training but I'm not an audio >> expert, >> so please be gentle with me because I'm in dire need of your expert >> assistance.<smile> >> >> I am supposed to start a job this week where I need to record and then >> listen to tech support calls from agents taking live calls for an >> internet >> provider. My job is to split these calls into separate files and save >> them. >> My boss is doing this visually by looking at the wave forms. I'm >> familiar >> with the concept of wave forms, and I can read the negative, 0 numbers, >> and >> the positive numbers with the JAWS cursor. Unfortunately, using Cool >> Edit >> and JAWS 8.0, the software they are using, I can't seem to tell where one >> call begins and where the that call ends and then where the next call >> begins. I'm supposed to record the calls, separate them, save each one >> into >> a separate file, rate it in terms of quality, and send my feedback to the >> powers that be. >> >> Because I couldn't find the Cool Edit scripts, I downloaded Gold wave >> 5.22 and the new JAWS scripts. Gold wave looks more promising, I read >> the >> manual and it appears that I should be able to do what I need to do, but >> it >> is confusing because when I receive my file of calls, I don't know ahead >> of >> time how long the calls are and where the silences are so that I can save >> each call as a different file. >> >> Thanks for your patience, folks. My questions are these: Can I do >> this >> with Cool Edit, that is what my colleagues are using? Or should I use >> something else like Gold wave, Audacity, or Sound Forge? There are other >> people with disabilities at the job site, but I'm the only blind person. >> I >> will try to use what works best if it isn't Cool Edit, but I'll have to >> convince my boss that this would better. >> >> If you'd rather not clutter up the list, please feel free to email me >> privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you in advance for any help or >> suggestions! >> >> Beth >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
