diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index c74eff6..bf34e4f 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -44,11 +44,21 @@ if (CONFIG.speaker_merges) {
   });
 }
 
+// Build speaker hide set for O(1) lookups
+const speakerHideSet = new Set(CONFIG.speaker_hide || []);
+
 // Resolve speaker ID through merge map
 function resolveSpeaker(speakerId) {
   return speakerMergeMap.get(speakerId) || speakerId;
 }
 
+// Check if speaker should be hidden (checks both raw and resolved ID)
+function isSpeakerHidden(speakerId) {
+  if (!speakerId) return false;
+  const resolved = resolveSpeaker(speakerId);
+  return speakerHideSet.has(speakerId) || speakerHideSet.has(resolved);
+}
+
 // Set audio source from config
 audio.src = CONFIG.audio_path;
 
@@ -130,10 +140,13 @@ function buildIntervals(segments) {
   const raw = [];
   segments.forEach((segment) => {
     const segmentSpeaker = resolveSpeaker(segment.speaker || null);
+    // Skip hidden speakers at segment level
+    if (isSpeakerHidden(segmentSpeaker)) return;
     if (Array.isArray(segment.words) && segment.words.length) {
       segment.words.forEach((word) => {
         const speaker = resolveSpeaker(word.speaker || segmentSpeaker);
-        if (!speaker || word.start == null || word.end == null) return;
+        // Skip hidden speakers at word level
+        if (!speaker || word.start == null || word.end == null || isSpeakerHidden(speaker)) return;
         raw.push({ start: word.start, end: word.end, speaker });
       });
       return;
@@ -886,12 +899,14 @@ async function init() {
   const response = await fetch(transcriptPath);
   const transcript = await response.json();
   state.intervals = buildIntervals(transcript.segments || []);
-  state.segments = (transcript.segments || []).map((segment) => ({
-    start: segment.start,
-    end: segment.end,
-    text: segment.text || "",
-    speaker: segment.speaker,
-  }));
+  state.segments = (transcript.segments || [])
+    .filter((segment) => !isSpeakerHidden(segment.speaker))
+    .map((segment) => ({
+      start: segment.start,
+      end: segment.end,
+      text: segment.text || "",
+      speaker: segment.speaker,
+    }));
   const { speakers, speakerMap } = buildSpeakers(state.intervals);
   state.speakers = speakers;
   state.speakerMap = speakerMap;
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 8bb018a..8a41651 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ const CONFIG = {
     "SPEAKER_00": ["SPEAKER_03"],
     "SPEAKER_22": ["SPEAKER_21"],
   },
+
+  // Noisy talkers to hide from transcript and visualization
+  speaker_hide: [
+    "SPEAKER_13","SPEAKER_15"
+  ],
   
   // ===================
   // TRANSCRIPT DEFAULTS