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Voice Authentication for Classrooms?

Posted by Cliff on from the my-voice-is-my-passport-verify-me dept.

USSJoin asks: "I am teaching a summer camp for gifted/talented children this summer, and one of my courses is an introduction to forensic science. One idea I had was to demonstrate voice printing and voice authentication. Using the magic Google, I was able to find software to get a visual representation of a voice print, but I didn't find anything that would allow me to demonstrate voice authentication. Ideally, I would like to be able to have students record their voices onto a cassette player, then speak into the computer, then try to fake out the computer using the tape recording. Does Slashdot have any ideas on how to demo this to brilliant young kids?"

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  1. Easy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Does Slashdot have any ideas on how to demo this to brilliant young kids?

    Use it to protect the computer containing their final exam. They'll understand the technology backwards and forwards and have it broken by lunchtime.

  2. An idea... but you'll need a midget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Put a midget in a box, and call it an advanced computer that responds with voice. If they question this, ask them if they've seen Knight Rider and KITT. Have the students play their voice recordings to the "midgetputer." He'll hear the tape recording clicks and tell them they're not authorized.

  3. Re:Maybe this: by Curtman · · Score: 2, Funny

    "a linux pam module to login with a spoken password. May even be doable from a livecd."

    We'll just have to wait for Blu-Ray so we can just fit the voice-print of every person on the planet on the companion CD. Great idea though. Imagine a beowulf cluster of those..

    Sigh..

  4. Re:Dear Slash Dot... by agent+dero · · Score: 3, Funny

    Those who can't do, teach, those who can't teach, criticize....

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