WaveSurfer is a tool for sound visualization and manipulation.
Typical applications are speech/sound analysis and sound annotation/transcription. WaveSurfer may be extended by plug-ins as well as embedded in other applications.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Basic audio editing operations including excision, copying, pasting, zero-crossing adjustment, and effects such as fading, normalization, echo, inversion, reversal, replacement with silence, and DC-removal.
- Customizable – users can create their own configurations. Localization support.
- Extensible – new functionality can be added through a plugin architecture
- Embeddable – WaveSurfer can be used as a widget in custom applications
- Transcription file formats – reads, and writes HTK (and MLF), TIMIT, ESPS/Waves+, and Phondat. Support for encodings and Unicode.
Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: sourceforge.net/projects/wavesurfer/
Support:
Developer: Jonas Beskow and Kare Sjolander
License: BSD-like License
WaveSurfer is written in Tcl. Learn Tcl with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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