Welcome to Voice Month at FindBiometrics. All throughout the month of February we will be taking an in depth look at the hands free biometric modality that has everyone talking as we post featured articles on voice and present an exclusive expert webinar.
There is quite a bit to talk about when we talk about voice biometrics so to start things off here is a rundown of the big topics in the most vocal of modalities.
Sounding Good
The voice biometrics market is a dynamic space. Not to be confused with speech recognition, which can pick out the words a user speaks for hands free interfacing, voice biometric authentication measures the unique biological traits that produce your signature sound.
Recently, thanks to the proliferation of consumer mobile devices and the advent of the Internet of Things, voice biometrics has been placed on the receiving end of a surge in popularity. With projected market growth on a global scale and new innovations in liveness detection, power consumption and overall performance, the ability to authenticate with your voice has never been more feasible, secure or convenient.
Here are some articles that will bring you up to speed on the biggest developments in voice biometrics from the past year.
Research and Markets Predict 9.4 Percent CAGR for Voice Biometrics
Privacy Alarms Go Off As Public Learns About Voiceprint Boom
Booming Biometrics a Main Driver of Automotive Voice Recognition Market
VoiceVault Announces Mandarin Language Mobile Voice Biometrics
Anti-Spoofing is a Key Feature in AGNITiO’s New KIVOX 4.1
Sounding Bad
Not just a consumer technology, voice biometrics can be used in law enforcement situations to identify the voices of wanted persons from recordings and phone call data. Voice biometrics powered forensics are becoming increasingly useful as collected spoken audio data continues to grow through various media. In a particularly novel case demonstrating these elements, the identity of an eccentric anonymous philanthropist who went by the alias “Mr Free Cash” was revealed by a news outlet thanks to the application of biometric software to a podcast and a recording from a phone interview.
In a more preventative case, voice biometrics is being employed in correctional facilities in order to ensure calls taking place in jails are only with pre-authorized people.
Biometric Software From SpeechPro Used To Reveal Identity of Real Life Riddler
Morpho and AGNITiO Partner, Bring Voice Biometrics to Criminal ID
New Partnership Unites Voice Biometrics and Phone Forensics
JLG Technologies Acquired by Securus, Voice Biometrics Brings Safety To Law Enforcement
Money Talks
It’s no secret that biometrics have an important place in the future of finance. Voice biometrics are no exception. With deployments in banking and payment situations, the modality of the month is helping cut down on fraud and keeping transactions secure.
Take a look at how voice biometrics technology has been changing the way we think about money.
Voicekey Completes Government Contract, Readies for Private Sector
AGNITiO Demonstrating Voice Biometrics at Money20/20
ADCB Customers Will be Thunderstruck by New Voice Biometrics Security
Voice Biometrics Conference Names MasterCard and Barclays as Keynote Speakers
AGNITiO To Talk Voice Biometrics and Fraud Protection
Voice ID Biometric Deployment in South Africa Among the Largest In The World
Nuance Brings Voice Biometric Protection to Phone Banking in Mexico
Voice Biometric Credit Card Protection Added To U.S. Bank Mobile App Pilot
Walking and Talking
Part of what makes voice biometrics so appealing in a consumer sense is that, with the application of software, any microphone can be used as an authenticating sensor. With mobile phones in the pockets of an increasingly massive section of the world population, that means everyone and their parents has the ability to use their voice as a security factor.
What’s more is that the software doesn’t even need to be on the user’s device in order to authenticate. As seen in the above category dealing with financial applications, call centers can host the software, authenticating user transactions seamlessly with absolutely zero effort on behalf of the user. In many situations it’s hard to imagine a modality better suited to bringing convenience to over-the-phone identification.
SpeechPro Voice Biometrics To Improve Customer Engagement
Global Identity Summit: SpeechPro Launches VoiceKey.WebAccess
VoiceVault Releases Mobile Voice Biometric Platform
Avaya DevConnect MarketPlace Now Offers SpeechPro Voice Biometrics
SpeechPro Provides VoiceKey To ImageWare Systems’ Authentication Engine
VoiceVault Introduces ViGo Mobile Voice Biometric Platform
ZTE Introduces Voice Biometric Screen Lock to its Android Devices
AGNITiO Honored By Envisioneering for New Mobile Biometrics Solution
Sensory Inc. and Nok Nok Labs to Deliver FIDO-Ready Face and Voice Recognition
Talking About Voice
Nothing quite helps get to the core of what biometrics solutions providers bring to the world better than a face to face conversation. To finish off our crash course in voice biometrics here are a selection of interviews with the experts and professionals responsible for making strong authentication handsfree.
Interview: Julia Webb, VP Marketing, Voice Vault
Interview: Emilio Martinez, CEO of AGNITiO
Interview With Alexey Khitrov, President, Speechpro
Addressing The Biggest Challenge of Going Handsfree – Interview with Todd Mozer, CEO, Sensory Inc.
Fulfilling The Mobile Promise – Interview With Brett Beranek, Nuance Communications
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Stay posted to FindBiometrics throughout February as we dig deeper into the world of voice biometrics. Be a part of the conversation by following us on Twitter and using the hashtag #FBVoiceMonth. Don’t forget to sign up for our upcoming Voice Month webinar: Voice Biometrics in a Multi-Modal Future.
Voice Month at FindBiometrics is made possible thanks to our sponsors: AGNITiO, VoiceVault and SpeechPro USA.
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February 4, 2015 – by Peter B. Counter