Creative Forensic Services
Expert Analysis of Audio and Video Recorded Evidence
Audio Tape Enhancement and Digital Voice Recorder Enhancement
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Noise Reduction to improve
Dialog Intelligibility in Recorded Evidence
Audio enhancement analysis can greatly improve the intelligibility of recorded dialog. Many times recorded evidence is
gathered in such a way that it becomes poor quality and can be
very hard if not impossible to transcribe accurately. The
listeners ability to understand dialog that has been recorded on tape or a digital hand held
device can make or break a case.
Cassette tape is inherently noisy. When a recording is made in
such a way that it worsens the signal to noise ratio it becomes
problematic for the listener. Transcription of noisy audio is very difficult for
many reasons. One significant reason is that the transcription
expert must hear through layers of noise to transcribe difficult to hear dialog. This inability to hear the spoken words or content of the dialog can render critical areas of interest as [inaudible]
These noise signals are categorized as Continuous noise, Impulse
noise and Non Impulse noise.
Here in the CFS lab we have several state of the art
software and hardware tools at our disposal for removing or at
least minimizing these unwanted signals. Our lab is equipped with
some of today's most powerful software programs for enhancing
audio recordings and ultimately improving intelligibility.
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Waveform reconstruction is the basis
for Forensic Noise removal. The original recording is digitized
and analyzed with the computer. Continuous or Impulse noises are
recognized with software as it peaks and is compressed or removed
depending on the method.
Non Impulse noise is removed in a similar way.
Utilizing sophisticated software it is removed or reduced by
sampling the offending sound and adjusting the software to
recognize its unique pattern. Sometimes it is significantly
reduced and other times it is impossible to remove it all without
damaging the wanted signal. In that case some must be left in.
Audio Tape Enhancement will take a combination of methods to
achieve the desired end result. That is why a 30 min tape for
instance can take hours to analyze and process. The combination
of engineering skills, software technique and real
time processing can in most cases achieve positive results.
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