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Emily's Mystery Man :)

Introduction    This is the story of how my friend Emily met her dream man, or so she thought, on a plane ride home to Maryland from her spring break trip to Florida last year. This was not her average plane ride.   Process     Emily is one of my best friends, so I really enjoyed getting to interview her and hearing about this exciting one of a kind ‘almost in love’ story. Of course, Im excited to share it with all of you! In order to trim Emilys story from 5 minutes down to 1 minute,  I went in waveform in Adobe Audition and  used the razor tool to help  reduce the duration of the audio clip. While I really enjoyed her raw and unedited version, I focused on preserving the real essence of her story while at the same time observing the targeted (approximately) one minute length. The marker tool allowed me to mark certain sections in the clip so I knew where to use the razor tool. The razor tool in Adobe Audition was really cool to work ...

Are Chatbots Becoming More Human?

  Radio Lab Podcast: More of Less Human     I listened to a Radio Lab podcast titled “More or Less Human”.  This podcast was designed to build awareness with listeners about what chatbots are and how they may be interacting with them more often than they previously thought. In the podcast, Brian Christian gives a precise definition of what a chatbot is by explaining how its a "computer program that exists to mimic and impersonate human beings.   For example, if you are online shopping and see a box that says "Need to Chat?", you automatically assume that you'll be talking to an online human representative. Contrary to popular belief, you may actually be communicating with a chatbot.  I found the podcast to be super interesting and has me wondering how often I might be talking to a machine and not a person when I'm online.    All four kinds of audio are heard in this podcast.     1. Interview Clips     One type of ...