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A speaker identification agent

  • Text-independent Speaker Authentication
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Audio- and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication (AVBPA 1997)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 1206))

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Abstract

This paper describes a prototype application which combines speaker identification technology and an agent architecture to provide user-definable monitors for incoming voicemail messages. Through a Web-distributable Java user interface, the user may enter requests by using spoken or typed natural language. Multiple distributed agents process the requests, periodically testing the user's voicemail system to identify the composer of the message from a set of selected speakers. When a message meets the conditions specified by the user, agents locate the requester's position and notify him or her of the arrival of the important message by using various communication media (email, fax, telephone, pager). The technology responsible for identifying a speaker from voice is a text-independent method developed at SRI International. Encapsulating this capability as an agent permits plug- and-play reusability in the growing number of applications being developed within the agent-based framework.

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  1. Star Laboratory, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Luc E. Julia & Larry P. Heck

  2. Artificial Intelligence Center, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Ave., 94025, Menlo Park, CA, USA

    Adam J. Cheyer

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  1. Luc E. Julia
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Josef Bigün Gérard Chollet Gunilla Borgefors

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Julia, L.E., Heck, L.P., Cheyer, A.J. (1997). A speaker identification agent. In: Bigün, J., Chollet, G., Borgefors, G. (eds) Audio- and Video-based Biometric Person Authentication. AVBPA 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0016003

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