Forensic voice comparison using likelihood ratios based on polynomial curves fitted to the formant trajectories of Australian English/ai/

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-266

  Morrison, Geoffrey Stewart ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Diphthong; Forensic speaker recognition; Formant trajectory; Likelihood ratio; Polynomial

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349100237     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.v15i2.249     Document Type: Article

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