Overview
CaseGuard’s audio redaction tools make it easy to automatically detect and remove personally identifiable information (PII) from your audio and video recordings. Using the AI Audio tool, you can quickly and securely perform audio redaction on audio and video files that include sensitive details such as such as names, social security numbers (SSNs), phone numbers, addresses, and more.
The AI Audio tool automatically runs AI transcription on your audio or video file, converting speed from audio recordings to text. This approach eliminates the need to manually listen through the entire recording to find PII. With just a click, you can generate a transcript and choose which specific categories of PII to redact.
This workflow is especially useful for investigators and agencies working with body-worn camera footage or interviews in busy environments. CaseGuard can identify each speaker, detect spoken languages, and translate the audio in 100+ languages, making it easier to redact audio accurately and efficiently.
You can also redact audio from any video while you are in the video redaction process, allowing you to complete both video and audio redactions in one workflow.
Follow the steps to Redact and Transcribe Audio & Videos Automatically!
- Add your audio file, or video file containing audio, to CaseGuard Studio.
- Click the “AI Audio” tool from the left-hand toolbar.
- Select which model you would like to use for transcription:
- The cloud-based AI model uses AWS servers to transcribe.
- The local model lets you work entirely offline without connecting to the web.
- Select the language of your file, or select the “Detect & Transcribe Multiple Languages” if the language is unknown:
- If you know the language spoken in the audio, it’s best if you select the language for transcription.
- If there is only one language and you don’t know what it is, select Detect Language.
- If there are multiple languages, then you should select Detect & Transcribe Multiple Languages.
- Select the number of speakers.
- Click “Next” and then “Apply.”
- Once the transcription has loaded in the Transcription Panel, you can play the audio and follow along within the transcription panel.
- To redact individual instances of words or phrases, highlight the word or phrase, right-click, and choose one of the edit options
- Edit options for audio include:
- Add a “Mute”
effect
- Add “Bleep” sound
- Anonymize a speaker using “Change Voice” (resample audio or change voice)
- Use the transcription to find the exact moment a word is spoken with “Go to Position”
- Change the spelling or replace a word using “Edit”
- Use “Move” to change the position of a word or sentence
- “Copy” a word from the transcription and “Paste” it after selecting “Edit” on another word
- Use Mark as Accurate when the software is not 100% confident that it caught the correct word
- You can also use the search bar in the Transcription Panel to search for the word or phrase you would like to “Redact” or “Edit” and press enter. All instances of the word/phrase in the audio will be highlighted in the Transcription panel.
- To redact all instances of the searched word/phrase at once, click the Mute, Bleep , or Change Voice icon at the top of the panel.
- Once you have reviewed the redactions, click Export from the Task List Panel or the Export button from the Shortcuts Bar to export your redactions.
Let’s See it in Action!
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