Author: Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences (U.S.). Committee on Evaluation of Sound Spectrograms
Publisher: National Academies
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in March 1976 requested the National Academy of Sciences to undertake an evaluation of the use of sound spectrograms for identifying speakers from the sounds of their voices. The FBI observed that the preceding 15 years had brought about an expanding use of voice identification technology and that several kinds of related scientific experiments had been undertaken. Further, courts at various levels had ruled both for and against admitting evidence based on sound spectrograms, and persons who offered services in analyzing and testifying on speaker identification had established a professional organization of such practitioners"--Preface, page vii.