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Most people are familiar with security technology that scans a person's handprint or eye for identification purposes. Now, thanks in part to research from North Carolina State University, we are closer to practical technology that can test someone's voice to confirm their identity. Source: North Carolina State University - Discipline: Technology

"The big picture is speaker authentication by computer," says Dr. Robert Rodman, professor of computer science at NC State and co-author of a new paper on the subject.
"Potential users of this technology include government, financial, health-care and telecommunications industries," Rodman says, "for applications ranging from preventing ID theft and fraud to data protection.
"In order for this technology to gain traction among users," Rodman says, "the response time needs to improve without increasing the error rate.
"This is part of the evolution of speech authentication software," Rodman says, "and it moves us closer to making this technology a practical, secure tool.