On Sun, 2007-04-22 at 19:13 -0500, Rob Terhaar wrote:
> On 4/22/07, Chris Schumann <cschumann at twp-llc.com> wrote:
> > > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 12:13:31 -0500
> > > From: Jon Schewe <jpschewe at mtu.net>
> >
> > > An example of the recording can be found at
> > > http://mtu.net/~jpschewe/remove_clicks.flac
> >
> > Wow, Jon. That's just awful. The sound seems to be repetitive, but not
> > enough to be easy to remove. It's SO loud and the signal is SO soft that
> > this is going to be MAJOR work.
> >
> > I've tried to do just this kind of thing, and while I'm no professional, it
> > would take me a week to begin to even understand the words. If you just want
> > a transcript, that's one thing. If you want to recover the speech, you are
> > in a world of hurt.
> >
> > It's really, truly, horrendous. I'm guessing professionals would charge you
> > by the hour and still not guarantee anything.
> >
> > Hoping I'm wrong,
> > Chris
> >
> 
> yeah I agree, this is past the point of being able to rescue.

I was afraid of that.  It's one of those mini cassette recorders with a
built in mic and the motor on the recorder is bad and so it clicks every
time the wheel goes around.  Since it's inside the recorder it's much
louder than anything picked up. 


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