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  • bucklespring

    Nostalgia bucklespring keyboard sound

  • For the opposite effect, install `bucklespring` to enjoy an authentic classic clacking on any keyboard (most convenient on GNU/Linux, packaged for the biggest distros).

    “This project emulates the sound of my old faithful IBM Model-M space saver bucklespring keyboard while typing on my notebook, mainly for the purpose of annoying the [heck] out of my coworkers.

    Bucklespring runs as a background process and plays back the sound of each key pressed and released on your keyboard, just as if you were using an IBM Model-M. The sound of each key has carefully been sampled, and is played back while simulating the proper distance and direction for a realistic 3D sound palette of pure nostalgic bliss” — https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring

  • NoiseTorch

    Real-time microphone noise suppression on Linux.

  • Not the OP, but I'd say noisetorch already works pretty good for that use case. Especially with the recent additions of pre-selecting the last device and stuff like that, I really appreciate those minor QOL improvements.

    If I compare it to how RTX voice works, it's _slightly_ more complicated to setup (currently no distribution through standard package managers/simply downloading a file and clicking it to start everything) and it doesn't autostart like RTX voice does on windows startup. But jugding from your issues [0] I understand the decision and I'll set it up manually.

    It might be an idea to allow for autostart for users who don't care about the CPU impact because their CPUs are big enough or whatever.

    Nevertheless, your solution is actually very close to what OP is describing: "install an app and click a button to turn on". So thanks for maintaining, I use it daily!

    [0] https://github.com/lawl/NoiseTorch/issues/6

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  • mute-me

    App is replaced by the new version which called Mutify

  • I use Mute Me[1] for this with the shortcut in the Touch Bar to mute and unmute quickly. I'm not sure if Unclack offers a Touch Bar shortcut (or keyboard shortcute) because reaching out to the Menu bar all the time is annoying

    [1] https://github.com/pixel-point/mute-me

  • noise-suppression-for-voice

    Noise suppression plugin based on Xiph's RNNoise

  • [1] https://github.com/werman/noise-suppression-for-voice/

  • PercepNet

    Unofficial implementation of PercepNet: A Perceptually-Motivated Approach for Low-Complexity, Real-Time Enhancement of Fullband Speech

  • [1] https://github.com/jzi040941/PercepNet

  • I wish push-to-talk was more common. On linux I've been using this little python script that implements global push-to-talk by (un)muting the microphone in pulseaudio when you push a button. https://gitlab.com/somini/inpulse-to-talk

    Time to see if there's something equivalent for mac.

  • suppressor

    OS X utility for dynamically hushing your mike when you're pounding on the keyboard.

  • Oh man. I literally wrote a utility for OS X that does exactly this, in Swift, 6 years ago, as a test project to get my feet wet in that environment.

    https://github.com/orospakr/suppressor

    I don't imagine it still builds. Perhaps I should have followed through with it!

    Congrats to the author.

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  • stealth-notes

    A Windows utility for muting audio input (e.g., microphone) sources while typing

  • I wrote a Windows utility for muting input devices while you type. Alpha version, but might help someone: https://github.com/drittich/stealth-notes/releases

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