Hello! I know nothing about audio engineering, and I am looking for some advice.
Around 15 years ago I recorded a long interview with my grandmother whilst going through her photo albums with her, in order to try preserve some memories. Unfortunately it is a terrible recording, with loads of static and buzz. I was not good at recording and the voice recorder was probably a cheap device, I don’t remember.
Additionally, my grandma had dementia, so her voice was very weak, a whisper almost. Even in person it was very difficult to understand her words.
She died around 4 years ago and I’d love to revive this audio a bit, or at least transcribe it. The problem is that any automated beginner software that I’ve tried removes her voice along with the background noise, and ai transcription doesn’t catch her voice. I tried manually transcribing it but even manually, the audio is so bad that it’s hard to hear.
Is there any way to play around with the audio so that I can hear it better, I guess similar to how you can play with the settings on unclear photos to see them better?
I’d really appreciate any help!