Need a Second Set of Ears: Speech Intelligibility / Speaker Count Consensus
Hi everyone,
I’m working on a highly challenging audio restoration/analysis project involving low-intelligibility speech masked by heavy background noise. I am trying to establish an unbiased consensus on what is actually present in the audio without triggering auditory pareidolia (priming your brain to hear specific words). There are speakers present, but I am unsure how many are present and what is being said or what is happening. The noise is a dryer coupled with an A/C air handler with the reverberations from a basement.
I would greatly appreciate it if anyone with a practiced ear for forensic audio, dialogue isolation, or EVP analysis could take a listen and give me their raw take.
The Full clip is 02:04:736 so I broke it up into three 35 second clips in case that makes things easier for anyone.
The Audio Files
* Full Unedited Audio Clip
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15m3nE98HM05rfIqoM3pFcrk5l6o5Nluc/view?usp=drive\_link
From 00:00-00:35
* RAW
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QBYMEWz6Ce8djH-Phe3lDDFBPNDnbljU/view?usp=drive\_link
* Best Pass
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aNyrWwqErP6m4bCen9tYceDVhjswRo2D/view?usp=drive\_link
From 00:35-01:10
* RAW
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SwYIPI53\_efaGFuxHa9v8w1lp4oMdgrq/view?usp=drive\_link
* Best Pass
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r\_t7mvpNex\_MRuWWoSql5TrtX2JBVF2K/view?usp=drive\_link
From 01:10-01:45
* RAW
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LkOX7YRd0cA0c1pR8wUjKM\_d8plYH4sX/view?usp=drive\_link
* Best Pass
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gqStIm0r0gBs7-O2XNvkcAVRb6zOiBWn/view?usp=drive\_link
From 01:45-02:04
* RAW
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QjxSkrmUXrWMvoLE5hzbm-HuYm4kqTv-/view?usp=drive\_link
* Best Pass
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1o7bv0tdVTKdgllie9iLdNXfuZ5NwSzD8/view?usp=drive\_link
Questions for the Community
- How many distinct, unique speakers do you confidently hear in each clip or the entire recording?
- What specific words, syllables, or phrases can you make out? (If it's just phonetic sounds, write those down).
- If you have an idea as to what is going on, please feel free to make a guess.
- If you would like to take a crack at cleaning this up to see if you can achieve a better result than I have, I’m a novice at forensic audio.
Thank you in advance for lending your ears and your expertise!