MFCC

Definition

Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients. The dominant acoustic feature set for automatic speaker recognition.

Related terms

FASR: Forensic Automatic Speaker Recognition. Likelihood-ratio framework using statistical speaker models (GMM, i-vectors, x-vectors).
Formants (F1, F2, F3, F4): Resonant frequencies of the vocal tract that shape vowel quality. F1 and F2 together distinguish vowels (for example /i/ has low F1...
Fundamental Frequency (F0): Rate of vocal-fold vibration during voiced speech, perceived as pitch. Typical adult male 80 to 180 Hz, adult female 165 to 255...
Likelihood Ratio (LR): The ratio of two conditional probabilities: the probability of the observed evidence given the prosecution's hypothesis (same source), divided by the probability...
Source-Filter Model: Standard model of voice production: the glottal source (vocal-fold vibration) is filtered by the vocal-tract cavity to produce the speech signal.
Voice Spectrogram (Sonogram): Time-frequency plot of speech. Wideband (about 300 Hz analysis bandwidth) shows formants; narrowband (about 45 Hz) shows harmonics.
Voiceprint: Lawrence Kersta's 1962 term for the claim that the spectrographic pattern of an individual's speech is unique enough to serve as a...

Voice Analysis: Spectrography, Speaker Identification and Legal AspectsMel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients. The dominant acoustic feature set for automatic speaker recognition.