Speaker recognition

1.1. Background of the Study Speaker recognition is the process of automatically recognizing who is speaking [4][24] on the basis of information obtained from the speech waves[13],[18],[20],[21][22]. It should be noted that this process of recognition is different from speech recognition which is not [5][16] biometrics and it’s defined as the process of recognizing what is being said, e.g., dictation of words by an individual for computer understanding (speech to text recognition). The goal of speech recognition is to answer the question “what are you saying?” This means that speech recognition is not interested in who is speaking. Whenever a speech recognition is used as part of an authentication process, a spoken version of traditional typed…

Speaker recognition is a biometric technique that uses an individual’s voice for identification or verification purpose. There are many people who often confuse themselves thinking that voice (speaker) recognition and speech recognition are one and the same but there is a fundamental difference between the two. Speech recognition system recognizes what is being spoken irrespective of the speaker whereas speaker recognition system identifies or verifies the speaker who has made an utterance.…

This five-month exploratory qualitative study using the My Voice IOS application in special education classes in two Toronto secondary schools sought to assess the degree of attention student pay to their work, motivation levels of students with special needs to use this technology and identify factors that have the greatest influence on integrating technology in to the curriculum. My Voice is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for students with memory and communication…

When we feel that we--or our world--is falling apart, we sometimes fail to comply with social norms. When under stress or in anguished circumstances, we are often unable to uphold societally conditioned and accepted practices. “Among the Living” by Dana Levin presents a scene and brief exchange in which a bystander comes forth and offers validation and recognition to a woman so deep within her own human experience that she fails to follow learned protocols--something that incites judgment and…

one with nature while also being apart from it. The poem takes a narrative form, which complements the theme of exploration Kinnell presents. The poem tells the story of a man attempting to reimmerse himself in nature and reconnect with his primal self. The setting follows the speaker in pursuit of a bear in the wild during the winter. He is acting as a hunter and his obsession with the bear develops the elaborate overarching metaphor…

audience or reader? - I think that the speaker is referring to all of us in general. The audience is every person who has achieved something gigantic in his life. The feeling that he has earned that prize is the acknowledgement that they get. I think that is better to die and leave ours achievements behind, so that other people can come and achieve theirs, instead of steeling…

overcame his start as a slave to later become speaker and advocate for the freedom and rights of African Americans, making him a hero. Douglass dedicated his life to fight not only to abolish slavery, but to give rights. In his early life, Douglass was able to teach himself how to read before escaping slavery and participating in abolitionist movements. He started writing speeches which advocated for an end to slavery and rights for blacks. Furthermore, Douglass became a statesman,…

Introduction Speech recognition is a computer software that operates computers to distinguish speech and translate it into text. The term recognition refers to the software that recognize or identify the sounds of the speaker rather than the exact words the speaker is saying. It provides people with synchronized captions on recorded videos, television shows and movies. Speech recognition can be found anywhere and many people today are familiar with it. It can be found in Google Chrome,…

attention is a hard to receive and laughter gets attention. There is so many apps, websites, and games that demand everyone’s attention. It is now crucial to have some form of entertainment to compete with all the other internet madness. Comedy would also open doors to a wider audience than just a typical speech because who doesn’t love a good laugh and an interesting form of giving knowledge! The other side of the coin is of course giving a speech. This is only effective if the speaker knows…

The Weakness of Death “On Death, Without Exaggeration” by Wislawa Szymborska is an observation of Death by a third party. The speaker is discussing how little power Death has in a life. Many people feel that death is omnipotent and they have no power over this. The speaker is using evidence seen over many years to show the reader that Death is not an all powerful entity. Death is the same awkward truth in life just like it was when the world first began. Szymborska uses persona, personification,…