Linguistic and acoustic analysis of voice disguise by impersonators

• Main Author: Talal Amin
• Other Authors: Pina Marziliano
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Language::Linguistics; DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62949
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Human voices are distinct and rich with information such as the age, gender, emotional state and identity of the speaker. Voice impersonators possess a great deal of flexibility over their voices which allows them to imitate various people or characters. The question as to how impersonators are able...