I wish it wasn't proprietary though (and worse, hardware specific). And windows only of course.
RTX Voice seems to work a bit better, but noisetorch compares really well to it. I have a microphone which has static noise and is not really mechanical decoupled from my table. Both applications are good at cancelling that kind of noise.
Noisetorch is a bit more focused on suppressing noise while you're not talking, which is the use case of the posted article. RTX Voice is better at suppressing noise while talking, which you can hear in Nvidias demos as well.
[0] https://github.com/lawl/NoiseTorch
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!
Assuming the rest of the UX journey is similar (i.e. technically-oriented) compared to Krisp's menubar click-to-activate-mic UX it then becomes less approachable
On a tangent - nice work! That people are even comparing it to RTX Voice is impressive!
It's basically magic. You can have someone vacuuming the room right next to you or cook dinner and your coworkers won't notice. Typing noise is just gone. It has improved our meetings so much.
https://krisp.ai works locally and is cheaper, but it noticeably degrades quality (tested with the Chrome extension only).
It's like a CPU/GPU, but specifically for doing the kind of math you come across with Machine Learning / Neural Network applications (mostly: lots and lots of dot products).
Comes with a subscription model for unlimited use though.
I found out that if the phone is too far away, the voice would flagged as ‚background chatting‘ and therefore muted.
Once I connected a headset those issues went away.
I've had a subscription from mid-2019, though I no longer use it. I find Zoom's basic noise suppression good enough for calls.
This is the sort of stuff I'm sure they're already working on to find new customers.