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6/24/2026
Hey everyone, I built NOVA-VAD, a lightweight explainable Voice Activity Detector that outperforms every major open source VAD on real-world noisy audio. GitHub: https://github.com/monishmal3375/nova-vad
Short summary
A developer released NOVA-VAD, an open-source Voice Activity Detector designed to outperform existing solutions like Silero and WebRTC on real-world noisy audio. The tool is lightweight, requires no GPU, and emphasizes explainability. Available on GitHub for immediate integration.
- •Lightweight VAD that works without GPU
- •Outperforms Silero and WebRTC on noisy audio
- •Open-source on GitHub with emphasis on explainability
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