The Phonetic Bases of Speaker Recognition

by Francis Nolan

Overview

How reliably can individuals be recognised by their voices? This question has recently been the subject of much debate among speech researchers and forensic scientists and the controversial and crucial nature of that debate has stimulated a wide range of empirical research. In this book Dr Nolan argues convincingly that both the design and interpretation of many of these experiments are vitiated by the lack of a comprehensive model of variability between speakers and within the speech of an individual. This volume clearly demonstrates that any valid theory of speaker recognition must integrate the approaches of a number of disciplines and it is itself an important step towards that integration. It will be of interest to phoneticians and to speech scientists, including those with an engineering background and also to forensic scientists specialising in this area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521108270
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/09/2009
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Speech Science and Communication
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 2.50(d)

Table of Contents

List of tables; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Perspectives on speaker recognition; 2. The bases of between-speaker differences; 3. Short term parameters: segments and co-articulation; 4. Long term quality; 5. Conclusions; References; Index.