Windows 10: Voice Access - Background Noise Issue

So I've been using Voice Access for my Windows 11 Pro laptop for a couple months due to RSI issues with my hands. If I'm WFH it's fine, but if I'm in the office, it's near-impossible to use if anyone's talking, as it ends up dictating what they're saying or cancelling the commands I'm trying to give. Is there anything to actually suppress background noise in Windows 11 control panel or something like? I can't see anything like that in Sound Settings, and Voice Access itself as far as I can see, doesn't have anything like it either.Would getting a noise cancelling headset be a work around this?

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Software to separate noise from the human voice or song

For audio, you could try Audacity. You can select a sample period where there is just the noise you want to remove, then filter that from the audio.

Noise Reduction - Audacity Manual

• How to Bring Out the Voices From Background Noises Using Audacity | It Still Works

 

Software to separate noise from the human voice or song

@Bree Thanks for your help up to now. I did something to the file finally as follows:

1- Using FFmpeg extracted the audio file (.mp3) of the video file (.avi)
2- Ran the app and opened the .mp3 file
3- Selected an amount of 8 seconds on the wave and followed the other steps of the page you'd previously offered.
4- But in the Noise Reduction window, Step 2, I set the parameters as in the image below:





5- Selected the entire track by "ctrl + A"
6- Once again Effect -> Noise Reduction (There's no Noise Removal as is written in the link above!)
7- Pressed OK. And exported the audio file as a new .mp3 file.

Have I gone through the appropriate process correctly up to here, please?

Then I compared that new file to the first one to see the real effect. The selected noise has properly been reduced fortunately on the whole track, but there is some annoying case, and it is, the real voices of the individuals in the track have also been rather influenced improperly, making it less comprehensible. I think this unwanted side-effect can be solved by using the parameters of the Noise Reduction window right.

Since you've experience with the task, will you tell me what the best solution is for that, please?

 

Why do i hear distorted voices and background noises on voice chat?

Hello Friendlyuser_507, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

If you hear phones ringing or voices on a voice call it means the problem is with the microphone of the user who is on the voice call with you;

Tell the other user who is on the voice call with you to enable Noise Suppression:

https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/...

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After the user enables noise suppression check if you can still hear the background sounds;

See you soon!