Understanding voice recognition

While there are many different biometrics, using our voice to identify and authenticate is becoming more commonplace. Voice recognition is gaining in popularity because the technology required to input and transmit voices is already in place. Technologies include the telephony infrastructure, along with components such as speakers and microphones that are built into mobile devices.

In this section, we’ll outline voice recognition and the history that shaped the ability to recognize speech, along with an explanation of how our voices are digitized.

First, let’s take a look at what defines voice recognition.

Defining voice recognition

Voice recognition, also called speaker verification, uses a person’s voice to either identify or authenticate into a system. Voice recognition systems are capable of differentiating between individual voices.

There are many things that can influence the way we speak. A person’s...