... as rational. ^†Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] . © The Author [2015]. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved 2015 Abstract The Engineering Department of the Spanish Civil Guard has been using automatic speaker recognition systems for forensic purposes...

... investigations or for evidential purposes. While the chapter is predominantly concerned with forensic applications of speaker recognition, it also considers commercially-orientated applications such as the voice-access systems increasingly used in banking, for example. The chapter distinguishes between...

... associative voice-identity processing speaker recognition core-voice system extended system Recognizing a person by voice is a skill, which humans master with ease. However, for some people this skill can be impaired. This deficit is termed ‘phonagnosia’ ( Van Lancker & Canter, 1982...

... knowledge acquisition cognitive model computers learning self organizing learning algorithms infancy vocalizations lexemes phonemes neurocomputational model neurobiological model voice perception speech perception speaker recognition brain stream brain hub neural map neural mapping Even...

... caution. This article presents a scientific overview of factors that affect the accuracy of speaker identification, or what is referred to as aural-perceptual analysis, and discusses the reliability and validity of speaker recognition and identification. The police do not have the luxury of handpicking...