Enhancing audio recording and filling in gaps/whispers with original speaker's cloned voice (will compensate)

I have several audio recordings where a few words or syllables are muffled, covered by another person speaking, or missing because of audio dropouts. There is also difficult to hear whispering and lots of ambient noise.

I’m looking for help with enhancing the original recording enough to understand what was actually said, then filling in the gaps where the whispering is hard to hear with the orginals speakers voice saying some things I have typed out. I could compensate whoever can help as long as they can fix how the audio is pretty poor and the gaps need to filled to sound like the original speaker.

[ I have the speaker’s permission to use their voice, and any synthesized sections will be clearly identified.]

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 1 day ago
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Is there a free AI tool that can restore unclear speech and fill missing words in the original speaker’s voice?

I have several audio recordings where a few words or syllables are muffled, covered by another person speaking, or missing because of audio dropouts.

I’m looking for help with enhancing the original recording enough to understand what was actually said. Then, for some parts of the clip, Im looking for a solution that will help where the audio cannot be recovered but I know the correct words, being able to type those words and generating only that short section in the original speaker’s voice so I can splice it into the recording.

Is there a free or open-source tool that can do both? If not, what combination of speech-restoration and voice-cloning/TTS tools would work? Ideally, I’d like something beginner-friendly. I have no idea how and with what tools to approach this issue.

[ I have the speaker’s permission to use their voice, and any synthesized sections will be clearly identified.]

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 days ago

ULPT Request- reportable things that won’t be discounted as false reporting

My true report about a toxic supervisor to HR was treated as a false report even though I had evidence. they ignored the evidence to cover up the incident. at this point, Im over the workplace toxicity and bureaucracy so I quit my job.

i now want to inconvenience my supervisor by re-reporting him for literally anything else. I can anonymously report him, but i don’t want the reports to be obviously false/defamatory. what is reportable, common enough practice he probably did it at some point, and won’t be discounted as false/defamatory with or without evidence ? ie, i cant say he’s sleeping people because they probably won’t take that seriously given theres no proof

for context, i worked at a college

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 days ago

If you feel mistreated by your transplant surgeon, don’t report it to the hospital, report them to the medical board.

A transplant is one of the most stressful experiences a person or family can go through. You’re already dealing with life-changing medical decisions, uncertainty, and fear. Having to worry about being treated disrespectfully or unprofessionally by your surgeon should never be part of that experience. unfortunately, that was part of my family’s experience in Nebraska.

If you genuinely believe a transplant surgeon acted unprofessionally, unethically, or failed to provide appropriate care, don’t assume an internal hospital complaint is your only option. I’d argue it’s the inferior option too, because hospitals try to avoid legal exposure. Hospitals conduct their own reviews, but state medical boards exist to independently evaluate concerns about physician conduct and licensure.

Too many patients and even other healthcare staff who witness unprofessionalism stay silent because they think nothing will change or because they’re afraid of speaking up. While not every complaint leads to discipline, well-documented complaints matter. They give regulators the opportunity to investigate and can help identify patterns if similar concerns arise from multiple patients over time. I have seen patterns of concern among other patients on the floor, yet nobody has spoken up, and it makes me wonder why are we waiting? Why do we allow it?

If something felt wrong, document it. Save your records, write down dates and conversations while they’re fresh, and report factual concerns through the appropriate channels. Your voice matters…..not just for your own care, but potentially for future patients. No one facing a transplant should also have to face avoidable mistreatment. If you have a good-faith concern, speak up. Patients deserve compassion, professionalism, and accountability.

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 1 month ago

ULPT request: How do I get my ex banned on Strava

they cheated on me . honestly they gave strava more attention than me when we were together.

what can I report them for that would be most likely to result in a ban that would not require no evidence and difficult to appeal???

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 2 months ago
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Men who had doubts a few months into a relationship: what happened?

Have any of you been in a relationship that was good overall, but after several months you felt a lingering sense that something wasn’t fully there, even though you couldn’t point to a specific issue?

What did you end up doing, and looking back, are you happy with that decision?

I’m especially interested in hearing from men who felt this way about someone who later became their spouse or long-term partner. Did those doubts fade, grow, or turn out to be accurate?

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 2 months ago

TIL Research finds 2 types of implicit beliefs on romantic relationships: “destiny” which is about finding the right person, or “growth” where differences are fixable challenges. New study finds growth mindset is associated with better romantic relationships: “somethings missing” need not be the end

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 2 months ago

Did I just find out he’s cheating on me though Hinge Signals?

hey guys, my bf and I met on Hinge and dated exclusively for 9 months. Sometimes I like to look at his hinge pics, and I did today. (he’s not on social media and his hinge was so corny, I loved opening it just to re visit his profile.)

This time I saw a Signals badge on his profile. From what I understand that means he was active on Hinge in the last 30 days. Is that correct? am I misunderstanding how Signals work? 

here’s what led me to think that https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/49858544145555-What-is-Signals

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 2 months ago

Did I just find out he’s cheating on me though Hinge Signals?

hey guys, my bf and I met on Hinge and dated exclusively for 9 months. Sometimes I like to look at his hinge pics, and I did today. (he’s not on social media and his hinge was so corny, I loved opening it just to re visit his profile.)

This time I saw a Signals badge on his profile. From what I understand that means he was active on Hinge in the last 30 days. Is that correct? am I misunderstanding how Signals work? 

here’s what led me to think that https://help.hinge.co/hc/en-us/articles/49858544145555-What-is-Signals

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 2 months ago

I want to fight Title IX failures/retaliation used to protect higher-ups at a public university. What are strategic FOIA/public records requests to send if the goal is to map out corruption, bureaucracy, outside coordination/conflicts of interest, retaliation patterns and internal cover-ups?

I understand this is a very niche question. I want honestly an elaborate plan to bring to light the things theyd be likely to want to not be transparent on as an institution. They deny FOIAs all the time as I am seeing, so I’m looking for record request ideas that they cant say no to disclosing that are harder to evade or that expose how decisions were made behind the scenes.

An FOIA "deconstruction" plan can even be used to bring transparency and expose misconduct at other institutions. Id love to put our minds together and make progress with it.

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago

I’m trying to understand Cox’s vague IP address retention policy. It mentions a 6-month retention period, but I’m wondering whether anyone has anecdotally subpoenaed Cox after that window ( for example, around 7 months later) and still received IP address or subscriber data?

I’m trying to figure out whether 6 months is a hard deletion cutoff or more of a general retention guideline. I just wish data retention was more transparent, Id like to definitively know how long they store my data.

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago

Daughter was verbally sexually harassed by Omaha doctor. I posted a honest review and soon after, 2 other young women commented that they had the same experience. Within hours he had an attorney send us a demand letter to take it down so we did. Now Im starting to worry about all the women harmed

im wondering if anyone in this community has experience with Nebraska medical center hospital in Omaha, as this is not an isolated incident and it has left me feeling frightened to see it’s a repeated occurance at their hospital involving the same guy ….. this involves a white male Dr ~40s….

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago

Daughter (25,EDS+knee injuries) was gaslit + verbally sexually harassed by Omaha doctor. I posted a honest review and soon after, 2 other young women commented that they had the same experience. He sent us a demand letter to take it down so we did. Now Im starting to worry about all the women harmed

i am having second thoughts about being silent about his behavior, especially if others had that experience. he’s one of the male hospitalist doctors at Nebraska Medical Center in omaha

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago

Gaslit by male doctor (Nebraska)

a few months ago I came across a post (now deleted), which had a personal experience of someone who went to the Univeristy of Nebraska hospital and was gaslit by this one male doctor. even though time has passed, I can’t let go of the fact that that post, and even some of its comments, were all from young girls (20’s-30’s) with chronic illnesses who were dismissed and subjected to sexual harassment comments by the same doctor.

i will be careful not to name names, but im wondering if this is an issue anyone else in this community has seen. all I will say is that he’s a male, aged 40’s, white guy working at the omaha University of Nebraska hospital.

it really had quite a discussion and I can’t let go of that. i am curious if anyone else has lived experience there with medical gaslighting and if it might be a systemic issue

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago

I left an honest review about a doctor who made sexually harassing comments to my young adult daughter. Soon after, I was threatened by the doctor to remove it. I deleted it, but I can’t look past how other young adult female patients left comments saying they were harassed by him in his office too.

it had only been up a short period but there was 3 total comments from people who knew him And felt harassed by him, which honestly feels like a lot. They were all young women, 20s-30s. Just like my daughter.

maybe im naieve, but this feels so wrong and hard to let go of. the hospital patient relations didnt seem to care, the joint commission doesnt care, doing a Google search, i have never seen a medical board complaint over verbal remarks get anywhere….. so I don’t know what to do or if we can do anything. any advice on what can be done?

I don’t have the means to pursue legal action unless I had a really large group willing to do so together

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u/Icy_Barracuda3885 — 3 months ago