Every now and then, you run into a tool that truly wows you.
Its rareespecially nowadays, when everyone and their cousin is coming out with overhyped AI-centric codswallop thats almost always more impressive on paper than in practice.
And that, if you ask me, makes it all the more satisfying when you track down a tool that really, truly impresses.
My friend, today is one of those days. Prepare to have your mind blown.
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Your instant audio enhancer
Our tool for today comes from a company youve almost certainly heard of. But Id be willing to wager you didnt know it offered this off-the-beaten-path treasure.
The gem of which we speak is a simple little web app called, fittingly, Enhance Speechby Adobe.
Enhance Speech lets you upload any audio recording of someone speaking.
Its technically designed for podcasters, but it could be useful for practically anythinga spoken memo, a recorded conversation, even a recorded phone call.
The site takes any recording you feed it and instantly improves its audio qualityremoving background noise and enhancing the sound of the speaking so its crisp, clear, and easy as can be to hear, no matter how sloppily or in what kind of environment it was recorded.
Adobes Enhance Speech site couldnt be much simpler or easier to use.
Itll take you about two minutes to perform an enhancement.
And you dont need to create an account or anything:
Just open up the Adobe Enhance Speech site in any browser, on any device in front of you.
Click or tap the Choose Files buttonor drag and drop an audio file directly from your device onto the page, if youre using a computer.
Enhance Speech works with most common audio file formats, including WAV, MP3, AAC, FLAC, and M4A.
In a matter of moments, the site will serve up an enhanced version of your recording that you can either play on the page or download.
You can play your enhanced audio right on the site or download it with one quick click.
You can also just check out the built-in sample on the sites main page to see how impressive of a difference its enhancements make. It really is something.
Enhance Speech is entirely web-basedno downloads or installations required.
Its free to use with recordings up to 30 minutes in length and 500MB in size, with a one-hour-per-day upload limit. You can lift those limits and unlock a variety of advanced features with a premium plan, but that absolutely isnt necessary for the services core featuresand the limits are plenty generous for most casual use.
Enhance Speech follows Adobes standard privacy policy, which ensures no personal data is ever shared or used in any eyebrow-raising way.
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