Discrimination of Speakers Using Tone and Formant Dynamics in Thai
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Dynamic properties of speech have been identified as offering greater potential than static features to discriminate between speakers. They may therefore offer useful evidence in forensic speaker comparison analyses. This exploratory study assesses the speaker specificity of diphthong and tone trajectories in Thai. Data were analysed from five male standard Thai speakers. Discriminant analysis (DA) yielded excellent results, with up to 100% correct attribution. The addition of tone data improved DA results based on formants alone.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011