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Voice activity detection

Also called VAD

What does “Voice activity detection” mean?

Voice activity detection: Finding portions of an audio signal that contain speech.

Voice activity detection visual guide: Finding portions of an audio signal that contain speech.
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What is an example of “Voice activity detection”?

A transcription system skips long silences before sending audio for recognition.

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See also

Speech-to-textTermText-to-speechTermSpeaker diarizationTermWord error rateTermSpeech enhancementTerm

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