Adobe Express: Enhance speech and remove background noise in Adobe Podcast

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Demo summary

The presenter navigates to the Adobe Podcast website, uploads a file, and adjusts the 'enhance speech' and background audio sliders to clean up a low-quality recording.

Step-by-step

Navigate to podcasts.adobe.com
Go to Tools and select Enhance Speech
Click Choose Files to upload your audio
Adjust the Enhancement slider to your preferred level
Adjust the background audio slider to remove noise
Click Play to preview the changes

Options

Switch back to the original audio to compare results

Tips

Turn the enhancement all the way up if the audio quality is particularly bad

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