Thanks! I did some digging through the scripting archives and saw some examples of similar scripts. I'm working on building one for my needs. My plan at this point is to find anywhere there's at least .25 seconds of silence (indicating a space between sentences), and ADD an extra second of silence at that point -- then loop through the files again to auto-trim them down to an even second of silence. If I'm successful, I'll post the resulting script here!

If I'm successful, I'll post the resulting script here!

I hope your lack of a follow-up post doesn't mean you weren't successful. I could use the same functionality.

My bad! I certainly intended to follow up. I did end up cobbling together a script that did what I needed. This code scans through a file, finds areas <-40db rms, and inserts additional silence. Depending on the length of the original pauses, it can add quite a lot of silence. But then I used a trim function to remove the extra silence, making the pauses uniform. And actually, Shaun, I think some of this script was taken from things that you posted long ago. Thanks!! 😄

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using SoundForge;

public class EntryPoint {
public void Begin(IScriptableApp app) {
ISfDataWnd wnd = app.ActiveWindow;

   if (wnd == null)

   {
            MessageBox.Show("Open a file before running this script.");
            return;
   }

   ISfFileHost file = wnd.File;
   SfAudioStatistics[] stat = new SfAudioStatistics[file.Channels];

   Int64 ccStart    = file.SecondsToPosition(0.0);
   Int64 ccStep     = file.SecondsToPosition(0.2);
   Int64 ccLength   = file.Length;
   double minus40db = SfHelpers.dBToRatio(-40.0);
   bool LastWasSilent = false;

   SfAudioSelection aSelection = new SfAudioSelection(wnd);
   SfAudioMarker    aRegion    = new SfAudioMarker(ccStart, ccStep);

   int idUndo = file.BeginUndo("Insert Silence");

   // Step through open file 0.2 seconds at a time.
   // If the selected area is RMS < -40db then
   // Create a 0.2 second region centered in the selection

   for (Int64 ccPos = ccLength; ccPos - ccStep > 0; ccPos -= ccStep)
   {

       // Select area (ccPos, ccStep)

       aSelection.Start  = ccPos-ccStep;
       aSelection.Length = ccStep;

       // Update statistics for this selection

       file.UpdateStatistics(aSelection);
       file.WaitForDoneOrCancel();

       if ( ! file.StatisticsAreUpToDate)
       {
     MessageBox.Show("Something went wrong.");
            return;
       }

       for (uint ii = 0; ii < file.Channels; ++ii)
       {
          stat[ii] = file.GetStatistics(ii);
       }

       // If RMS of all channels < -40db then

       if (file.Channels==1 && stat[0].RMSLevel < minus40db)

       {
      // If this is the second or more silent region then
      // Add a second longer

      if (LastWasSilent)
      {
        long secToInsert = app.CurrentFile.SecondsToPosition(1.0);
        app.CurrentFile.InsertSilence(ccPos, secToInsert);
      }

      LastWasSilent = true;
       }

       else
       {
      LastWasSilent = false;
       }
   }

   file.EndUndo(idUndo, false);

}

public void FromSoundForge(IScriptableApp app) {
   ForgeApp = app; //execution begins here
   app.SetStatusText(String.Format("Script '{0}' is running.", Script.Name));
   Begin(app);
   app.SetStatusText(String.Format("Script '{0}' is done.", Script.Name));
}
public static IScriptableApp ForgeApp = null;
public static void DPF(string sz) { ForgeApp.OutputText(sz); }
public static void DPF(string fmt, params object [] args) { ForgeApp.OutputText(String.Format(fmt, args)); }
} //EntryPoint

Thanks for posting your script! Hell, I may have written what I was looking for and then forgotten it. 🤓