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I was very excited about this, and then I tried it. I gave a talk at a local meetup 8 years ago [0] that wasn't mic'd properly, but I uploaded it anyways. It was never the most pleasant thing to listen to, but the audio was understandable enough that for years it was a top search result for "javascript promises" on YouTube and accumulated 39K views.

However, when I ripped that video's audio and put it through the linked AI filter (Adobe Podcast's Enhance Speech), it went from being unpleasant-but-understandable to perfectly clear gibberish [1]. For example, about 15 seconds in I said:

> [...] at Second Street, the company whose office you are currently sitting in. Uh, you can find me on the web on GitHub, on Twitter, or my own site at Kerrick Long Dot Com.

In the "enhanced" version, it sounds like a person who isn't me said the following in soundproofed studio (with a head cold):

> [...] at Second Street, the cubbany od office you are currently city-aly. You gidhi me on the web on GitDub, on Twitter, or my own side at Kerri Flow Dot Cowf.

[0]: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wc72cyYt8-c

[1]: https://soundcloud.com/kerricklong/javascript-promises-think...





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