Exploring the discriminatory potential of F0 distribution parameters in traditional forensic speaker recognition

International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-111

  Kinoshita, Yuko ^a   Ishihara, Shunichi ^b   Rose, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Duration; Fo; Forensic speaker recognition; Japanese; Likelihood ratio; Multivariate likelihood ratio; Non contemporaneous recordings; Spontaneous speech; Univariate likelihood ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349732908     PISSN: 17488885     EISSN: 17488893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/ijsll.v16i1.91     Document Type: Article

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