Impact of the GSM mobile phone network on the speech signal: Some preliminary findings

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-218

  Guillemin, Bernard John ^a   Watson, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Forensic speaker identification; Formant analysis; Mobile phone transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449195495     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.vl5i2.193     Document Type: Article

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