Article: The Human Vocal Tract: Anatomy, Function, Development and Evolution.(Book review)

Article: VOCAL TRACT
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      22 words ...VOCAL TRACT. A term in anatomy and PHONETICS for the area of the mouth and throat from the lips to the larynx, used in the production of SPEECH .

Article: voiceprint
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      520 words ......who researched sound identification for the FBI. According to proponents of the technology, the variations of the human vocal tract ensure that each person's voice is spectographically individual. They compare voiceprints with fingerprints or footprints...

Article: formant
A Dictionary of Computing;      21 words ...formant A natural resonant frequency of the vocal tract whose frequency values are independent of the source location. See copy synthesis .

Article: speech
The Oxford Companion to the Body;      515 words ......is the configuration of the human vocal tract that gives rise to the acoustic...closures in parts of the upper vocal tract. The modern study of the physiology...dynamic visualization of the vocal tract during speech production. The...

Article: vowel
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;      61 words ...vow·el / ˈvouəl / • n. a speech sound that is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction and is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms...

Article: N
World Encyclopedia;      91 words ......voiced alveolar frictionless nasal continuant, with the tongue placed on the gum ridge above the upper teeth while air from the vocal tract escapes through the nose. N is unpronounced after m in a few words such as “condemn” and “hymn”...

Article: You are what you speak. (speaker verification and identification system developed by Rutger University's Center for Industrial Productivity) (Security Spotlight) (Column)
Security Management;  August 1, 1994 ;     694 words ......voice unique are the physical attributes of the speaker's vocal tract and how he or she uses it. The feature extractor decomposes...that moves slower than a human is able to move his or her vocal tract, the system identifies it as a phone or tape recorder, Mammone...

Article: The body biometric. (security devices)
Security Management;  July 1, 1989 ;     700+ words ......within a certain tolerance. Voice pattern verification technology creates a mathematical model of the vocal tract. The modeling is accomplished through analysis of the unique properties of the speaker's vocal tract. Speech signals identifying th

Article: Porticus Technology Introduces 'Triple-Factor' User Authentication Integrating Voice Biometrics; Embedded and Interactive Voice Response Options Available.
Business Wire;  August 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ......developed during the course of a decade, relies on the Physiological aspects (length, width and thickness) of the human vocal tract, making it less susceptible to background noise, recorded playback and intra-speaker variability (cold or flu...

Article: Porticus launches "who I am; where I am" solution.(Porticus Technology Inc. launched navigation system 'Valocater')(Brief article)
Customer Interaction Solutions;  October 1, 2006 ;     265 words ......developed during the course of a decade, relies on the physiological aspects (length, width and thickness) of the human vocal tract, making it less susceptible to background noise, recorded playback and intra-speaker variability (cold and flu...

Article: Porticus Launches 'Who I Am; Where I Am' at Speechtek; Combination Location-Aware Security and Voice Biometric Authentication Now Available; Nevada Gaming Control Board Approves Location-Aware Service for Remote Wagering.
Business Wire;  August 7, 2006 ;     694 words ......developed during the course of a decade, relies on the Physiological aspects (length, width and thickness) of the human vocal tract, making it less susceptible to background noise, recorded playback and intra-speaker variability (cold and flu...

Article: Porticus and Harborlight Insure FFIEC Mandate Compliance for Local, Regional and Global Financial Institutions.
Business Wire;  October 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ......patent-pending voice algorithm developed during the course of two decades that relies on physiological aspects of the human vocal tract--making it less susceptible to background noise, recorded playback and intra-speaker variability (cold or flu...

Article: PHONETICS
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language;      281 words ......20c, phonetics has developed as a laboratory subject, in which instruments are used to study the production of speech in the vocal tract: for example, by monitoring the positions and movement of organs, or breath flow and air pressure. Electropalatography uses...

Article: An introduction to the science of phonetics.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
SciTech Book News;  June 1, 2006 ;     113 words ......speech sounds, auditory phonetics in terms of loudness, pitch, quality and perception, and speech production in terms of the vocal tract as a resonator and phonation. Appendices include the international phonetic alphabet and its extended set of symbols. The...