BEFORE & AFTER EXAMPLES
What's being corrected:
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Levels of background noise and room ambience.
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Unpleasant mouth sounds.
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Sounds being too harsh, tinny, muddy or fatiguing.
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Volume consistency so that the voice can always be heard (important when listening in noisy environments such as cars).
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Distracting filler words such as "umm" and "uhhh".
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Disjointed and hesitant sentences that break up the flow of dialogue.
*If you can, it's best to listen to these through headphones.
The main issue I've fixed here is the excess reverb, which makes the voice sound clearer and less amateur. I've also removed a lot of the hesitations and filler words which disrupt the flow of dialogue. Unfortunately, a recording like this can never end up sounding like a voice you might hear on the radio. But, it can be significantly improved to the point where the listener isn't distracted by its flaws.
The first thing I corrected here is the speakers' voices overlapping each other, which makes it easier to understand what the other is saying in that moment. Another problem is that the host has a lot of mouth clicks, where we can hear the saliva in her mouth in an overbearing way, so I've removed that. I've also removed a big hesitation near the end, where the guest has to pause and then restart her sentence.
The first thing I took care of in this example is the voice sounding quite thin and tinny. After listening for a while, it was becoming fatiguing and unpleasant to listen to, so notice how the "after" example sounds more mellow. There is also a lot of hesitation near the beginning of the clip, so I took that out to leave the dialogue feeling more concise.