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Validity of Bit Compressed Digital Voice Recordings for Spectrographic Analyses: Input for a Database, a Preliminary Test

Authors: Begault, Durand R.; Brixen, Eddy B.

AES Conference: 26th International Conference: Audio Forensics in the Digital Age · Paper 3-1 · July 2005

Abstract

In the spectrographic analysis of voice exemplars, there is a question of the impact of commercially available compression schemes on the visual representation of the voice. Specifically, there is a question whether or not the codec reconstruction of the time-domain waveform might alter features of the wide-band spectrogram, including formant shape and position. This paper contributes a collection of comparative analyses of English speech exemplars that are recorded simultaneously via both linear and compression-based recording methods. G.723-encoded recordings (max 6.3kbps, used in IC-recorders and surveillance recording equipment) and the Sony Memory stick format using MSV LPEC-SP compression are evaluated.

Details

Published in
AES Conference: 26th International Conference: Audio Forensics in the Digital Age
Paper number
3-1
Publication date
July 6, 2005
Session subject
Audio Forensics in the Digital Age
Affiliation
Charles M. Salter Associates; Poza Consulting Services (See document for exact affiliation information.)
Type
Conference Paper