Are audio forensic procedures reliable?
How reliable are audio forensic procedures in the legal system? A student recently asked me that and asked about some of the ins and outs of a career in audio…
As an audio forensic expert, one of my day-to-day activities is voice identification and speaker recognition. Primeau Forensics receives calls on a weekly basis from concerned businesses and citizens for help identifying a derogatory voicemail message or threat to an employee or supervisor.
Also common are requests to enhance and clarify fraudulent calls placed to insurance or credit card companies during which a bogus transaction takes place by people impersonating account holders.
Why is Voice Identification Important?
Today, more than any other time in the history of the United States and the world, we find our court systems full of digital audio files in the form of…
Voice Identification Standards: Practical and Official
As an audio forensic expert who conducts voice identification, I receive calls from people around the world asking about voice identification. The American Board of Recorded Evidence provides voice identification…
The Voice Identification Lineup
Recently I was asked to listen to 23 phone intercept recordings and determine if any of the voices in these conversations were repetitive. As an audio forensic expert, when I…
Creating an Audio Exemplar for Voice Identification
An audio exemplar is an audio recording that is created by the audio forensic expert and will be used as a comparison to the evidence for the purpose of identification.…
The Noise Floor: A Forensic Aid for Audio Authentication and Voice Identification
Audio authentication and voice identification requires that a forensic expert examine three critical aspects of an audio recording before beginning any forensic process. Whether it be analogue or digital audio…
Voice Identification in a Digital World
Audio forensic experts have more voice identification cases today than ever before. Legal cases have more audio evidence than ever before, and voice identification has become a critical component to…
Voice Identification: Yep It’s Him, Thomas Pynchon
Yep It's Him, Thomas Pynchon By Steven Kurutz Last Tuesday, long-suffering fans of the reclusive writer Thomas Pynchon received a double gift. Pynchon's latest book, "Inherent Vice," a stoned-out detective…