Reduce/eliminate background noise
This feature can be used to reduce background noise in audio/multimedia clips, either automatically or at the user’s request.
Discussion by Disabilities
Reducing background noise makes it easier for people who are hard of hearing to understand the main speech.
Existing Products
Please note that these products are not necessarily endorsed by RtF, but represent the range of available options.
- Remove Background Noise From Video(link is external) - VEED
- WavePad Audio Editing Software(link is external)- NCH Group
- Audacity(link is external)- Audacity
- Adobe Audition(link is external)- Adobe Systems
- Movavi Video Editor(link is external)
- Wondershare Filmora(link is external)
- Bandicam(link is external)
- Camtasia(link is external)
Related Research and Papers
- Reduction of background noise for speech enhancement(link is external)- Brant M. HelfPeter L. Chu
- Objective Measures of Listening Effort: Effects of Background Noise and Noise Reduction(link is external)- Anastasios Sarampalis, Sridhar Kalluri, Brent Edwards, and Ervin Hafter
- Noise reduction in hearing aids: a review(link is external)- Harry Levitt
- Prediction of Speech Recognition from Audibility in Older Listeners with Hearing Loss: Effects of Age, Amplification, and Background Noise(link is external)- Souza, Pamela E.; Boike, Kumiko T.; Witherell, Kerry; Tremblay, Kelly
- Speaking Clearly for the Hard of Hearing IV: Further Studies of the Role of Speaking Rate(link is external)- Rosalie M. Uchanski, Sunkyung S. Choi, Louis D. Braida, Charlotte M. Reed, and Nathaniel I. Durlach
- Differential hearing aid with programmable frequency response(link is external)- Martin J. Slavin