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Category
Video & Audio Production
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ai audio enhancer
Pricing
Freemium
Access
Free plan available

What is this tool?

A strong fit for podcasters, interviewers and video creators whose dialogue was recorded on a weak mic or in a bad room and who want a one-step fix rather than manual noise reduction and EQ. Adobe's Enhance Speech FAQ gives the free plan files up to 30 minutes and an hour of processing a day, which suits occasional episodes but not a backlog. For more, checkout on podcast.adobe.com now offers new members Adobe's separate Firefly Pro plan; check its current price on Adobe's plans page.

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The workflow is short: sign in to Adobe Podcast, open Enhance Speech, drop in a file, let it upload and process, preview the result and download it. Audio can be WAV, MP3, M4A, AAC or FLAC on both of Adobe's help pages, with OGG listed on one of them only; video in MP4, MOV or M4V is a Premium upload. Nothing is converted on the way out, so a WAV comes back as a WAV. If you record in Adobe Podcast Studio, the same filter can be switched on there instead of uploading separately.

How much you can process depends on the plan. Adobe's Enhance Speech help FAQ and its plans comparison limit free use to files of up to 30 minutes and 500 MB and an hour of processing a day. Premium raises the allowance to 4 hours a day and 1 GB per file, adds video and bulk upload, and unlocks the mix sliders and stem downloads. Usage against your daily limit is shown in your account.

How you buy the paid tier changed on 30 August 2026. Adobe no longer sells Adobe Podcast Premium on its own to new members: checkout on podcast.adobe.com prompts Adobe's separate Firefly Pro plan, which Adobe says includes everything Adobe Podcast offered. Existing Premium subscribers stay on their current price, but cancelling after that date means buying Firefly Pro, a separate Adobe plan, to get Premium features back. Adobe says Enhance Speech used on its own will continue to be available. Adobe Podcast is offered worldwide except for a short list of countries and regions, including China, Iran, North Korea and Crimea.

Is this right for you?

Quick fit check against how you actually work.

ai audio enhancer
Choose this if
  • Your spoken recordings suffer from room echo, background chatter or street noise and you want them fixed without manual audio repair
  • You process a few episodes or clips a week, each under 30 minutes, and can live within the hour of free processing a day that Adobe's help FAQ gives
  • You record in languages other than English; the filter is language agnostic
  • You want to clean audio from a phone or a borrowed computer without installing anything
Consider alternatives if
  • Your workload runs to hours of audio a day, video files or batches: those are paid, and checkout on podcast.adobe.com now offers new members that tier through Adobe's separate Firefly Pro plan
  • You want granular, track-by-track repair inside a video editor; Adobe's own guide compares Enhance Speech with Premiere Pro's manual audio tools for that kind of control
  • Your source is music, sound design or anything other than speech; the filter is built to isolate and clean voices
  • Sensitive interviews are involved: read Adobe's own terms on how uploaded audio is stored and used before you upload

Key features

What you can actually do with this tool.

One-step speech cleanup

Upload a recording and Enhance Speech removes background noise, reverb and echo, chatter and background music, and balances and normalises the voice. Results depend on how audible the speaker is and how much noise there is, so a very distant or buried voice will improve less.

Enhance Speech v2 for difficult rooms

Adobe promotes v2 as its best speech-enhancement model, aimed at busy streets, stairwell echo and distant voices.

Language agnostic, by Adobe's description

Adobe describes the filter as language agnostic: it cleans the speech without generating or translating anything, so it suits non-English shows as well as English ones.

Mix controls and stems on Premium

Premium adds sliders for how strongly to enhance and how much speech, music and ambience to keep, and since March 2026 a music slider and separate downloadable stems for speech, background noise and music. Without them you take the default result, which Adobe says is usable in most cases.

Runs in desktop and mobile browsers

It runs in current Chrome, Safari, Edge and Firefox on desktop and mobile, and Adobe says no app is needed. It returns the file in the same format you uploaded. Inside Adobe Podcast it is also available as a filter in Adobe Podcast Studio.

Plans & pricing

Pricing tiers and what's included in each.

Free

Free (Adobe describes the filter as free to use daily)
  • Audio files up to 30 minutes and 500 MB each, and up to 1 hour of processing a day, per Adobe's Enhance Speech help FAQ and its plans comparison
  • Audio only; video upload, bulk upload and enhancement controls are listed as Premium

Adobe Podcast Premium

From 30 August 2026, checkout on podcast.adobe.com offers it to new members through Adobe's separate Firefly Pro plan; check the current price on Adobe's plans page
  • Up to 4 hours of processing a day, files up to 1 GB
  • Video upload (MP4, MOV, M4V) and bulk upload
  • Controls for enhancement strength and the speech, music and ambience mix, plus a music slider and downloadable speech, noise and music stems since March 2026
  • Existing Premium subscribers keep their plan at their current price, per Adobe's plan-change FAQ
Official pricing pagePricing may have changed. Always verify before purchasing.

Frequently asked

Common questions about this tool, answered.

Is Adobe Podcast Enhance Speech free?

Yes, there is a standing free plan, not a trial. Adobe's Enhance Speech FAQ and its plans comparison allow free files of up to 30 minutes and 500 MB, and up to an hour of processing a day; the paid plan raises the file limit to 1 GB. Video and bulk uploads are not part of the free plan.

How do I get Premium now that Adobe has changed the plan?

From 30 August 2026 Adobe stopped selling Adobe Podcast Premium as a standalone plan to new members. Going through checkout on podcast.adobe.com now prompts Adobe's separate Firefly Pro plan, which Adobe says includes Enhance Speech and the rest of what Adobe Podcast offered; check its current price on Adobe's plans page. If you already pay for Adobe Podcast Premium, you keep it at your current price unless you cancel.

What does Premium add to Enhance Speech?

Up to 4 hours of processing a day and files up to 1 GB, video upload, bulk upload, sliders for enhancement strength and the speech, music and ambience balance, and, since March 2026, a music slider and stem downloads that separate speech, background noise and music.

Is Enhance Speech also inside other Adobe apps?

Adobe offers it as a filter in Adobe Podcast Studio, and Adobe's help pages also list it inside Adobe Firefly on the web, a separate Adobe product with its own plans. Adobe's own guide compares Enhance Speech with Premiere Pro's manual audio tools as a different way of working.

Will it work on non-English recordings?

Yes. Adobe says Enhance Speech is language agnostic: it cleans the voice without generating or translating speech, and results depend mainly on how audible the speaker is and how much background noise there is.