Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls

Laura FERNANDEZ GALLARDO; Michael WAGNER; Sebastian Moeller

doi:10.1109/CITA.2013.6637569

Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls

Laura FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Michael WAGNER, Sebastian Moeller

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Telecommunication systems available today allow efficient voice transmission through channels of different audio bandwidths and terminated with different user interfaces. However, the sending and receiving user interface, the bandwidth limitation and the effects of lossy signal compression degrade the quality of the received signal and impede an unequivocal recognition of the talker. In the present work the performance of a group of human listeners identifying speakers under different conditions is assessed by transmitting a set of multi-speaker conversations through networks and user interfaces of diverse characteristics. After learning the voices of the participants of the phone calls in clean conditions, listeners identified the talkers while listening to the degraded conversations, being more accurate for particular transmission scenarios. The results show that human speaker identification can be considered as an additional criterion when judging the benefits of enhanced bandwidths

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013
Editors	Jane Labadin, Jacey-Lynn Minoi, Dayang NurFatimah Awang Iskandar, Azman Bujang Masli
Place of Publication	Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	38-43
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9781479910922
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CITA.2013.6637569
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia - Smart Devices Trend: Technologising Future Lifestyle - Kuching, Kuching, Malaysia Duration: 1 Jul 2013 → 4 Jul 2013

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Conference	8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia - Smart Devices Trend: Technologising Future Lifestyle
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuching
Period	1/07/13 → 4/07/13

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FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, L., WAGNER, M., & Moeller, S. (2013). Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls. In J. Labadin, J.-L. Minoi, D. N. A. Iskandar, & A. B. Masli (Eds.), Proceedings 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013 (Vol. 1, pp. 38-43). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/CITA.2013.6637569

FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Laura ; WAGNER, Michael ; Moeller, Sebastian. / Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls. Proceedings 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013. editor / Jane Labadin ; Jacey-Lynn Minoi ; Dayang NurFatimah Awang Iskandar ; Azman Bujang Masli. Vol. 1 Piscataway, New Jersey, USA : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013. pp. 38-43

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FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, L, WAGNER, M & Moeller, S 2013, Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls. in J Labadin, J-L Minoi, DNA Iskandar & AB Masli (eds), Proceedings 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013. vol. 1, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA, pp. 38-43, 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia - Smart Devices Trend: Technologising Future Lifestyle, Kuching, Malaysia, 1/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1109/CITA.2013.6637569

Transmission channel effects on human speaker identification in multiparty conference calls. / FERNANDEZ GALLARDO, Laura; WAGNER, Michael; Moeller, Sebastian.
Proceedings 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA), 2013. ed. / Jane Labadin; Jacey-Lynn Minoi; Dayang NurFatimah Awang Iskandar; Azman Bujang Masli. Vol. 1 Piscataway, New Jersey, USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2013. p. 38-43.

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