Turning it down... then up
Speech recognition works best on clean, audible speech. If your audio files are too quiet or too loud, it can hinder transcription.
In this exercise, you'll see how to make an AudioSegment quieter or louder.
Since the play() function won't play your changes in the DataCamp classroom.
The baseline audio file, volume_adjusted.wav can be heard here.
This exercise is part of the course
Spoken Language Processing in Python
Hands-on interactive exercise
Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.
from pydub import AudioSegment
# Import audio file
volume_adjusted = AudioSegment.from_file(____)
# Lower the volume by 60 dB
quiet_volume_adjusted = ____ - _____