Non-contemporary speech samples: Auditory detectability of an 11 year delay and its effect on automatic speaker identification

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-136

  Künzel, Hermann J ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automatic speaker identification; Forensic phonetics; Non contemporary speech

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148849009     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.v14i1.109     Document Type: Article

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