Scotland location? English to English Translation (Thick British Accent) - UK Location Help
Hi there. Would appreciate some help on this! Can someone help me figure out what my great great grandmother is saying on tape? She's talking about where her parents were from and so far as I can gather, I know what she's saying except for the last word/location. I'm not sure if the location is in Scotland or England but I think it's one of the two.
"My mother was born just about Blaydon. My mother was born at Blaydon. They have people all over Blaydon and _________."
Link below. Thank you!
https://soundcloud.com/mmaudiohosting/great-grandma-sound/s-bSx87kIHLlL?si=f67a9496826b49138b366ff8c14230de&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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@JBPurdie @Gordon Hunter1 @maureenmarydawson1 can you help with this? I tried and had no luck with it.
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I have listened to the recording several times, it needs to be slower to pick up what she is saying I recognise Mither and Northern Ireland, maybe we can enlist the help of our Irish team members. If this was a taped recording over time the recording tends to bleed through (I have my Parents on a tape and it is getting distorted.
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@Hayter David @anthonyphilipclarke1 can you both listen to this and see if you can help?
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Sorry I cannot make out what she is saying. Could we slow it down.
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Thank you so much for taking a look at this. Some more details: The speaker was born 1878 in Blaydon/Winlaton, Durham and died 1970. The recording took place most likely between 1968-1970. The speaker lived in Durham and Newcastle throughout her life but of course, I'm trying to learn about the speaker's parents.
In the full audio, you can hear her daughter talking at the same time as her. Take this with a grain of salt as the audio is extremely difficult to hear but it seems she is describing that the speaker's mom was born near Blaydon, and that the father must have left "the word we're having a hard time deciphering" and come over to Durham and then married her. The daughter never mentions the "the word we're having a hard time deciphering". She just says that he must have left and come over "here" and married her.
For some reason I don't think the name would be too obscure of a location because my grandfather listening in the audio, who was born in England, doesn't ask where the location is. But perhaps he had prior knowledge and already knew of the place.
Here is the audio slowed down.
@JBPurdie @Shannon Potter Wilcox That's a good point, I dont' think Ireland should be ruled out.
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Here it is a bit slower and just the one word.
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Hello Madison,
I have run your recording through an AI (artificial intelligence) speech audio enhancement tool. It removes all the background noise and clarifies the audio to allow you to better hear what your great great grandmother is saying.
This doesn't transcribe the words for us, but may make it easier for someone to understand what is being said. Hope this helps.
John.
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@John Curran Thank you so much John. That's pretty amazing. Do you know the name of the tool? Might come in handy when translating more of my family's Geordie accent.
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Its a Adobe development project called Project Shasta. They are using Artificial Intelligence to do some frankly very impressive things with live and recorded spoken audio. Old tape recordings of speech from decades ago sound like they were made yesterday, in a professional studio, on modern, high quality digital recording equipment. Its like bringing the voice recordings of long dead relatives back to life.
If you need help or guidance, send me a direct message. I am happy to put other recordings through for you if that would be of value.
John.
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