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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Forensic Audio: How sound solves crimes

Jun 13, 2017
21:11

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Quick takeaways

  • Forensic audio analysis plays a crucial role in authentication and enhancement of audio evidence, but detecting edits is not always foolproof.
  • Voice identification in criminal cases has advanced technology for analysis and comparison, although it is never 100% accurate.

Deep dives

Key Point 1: Forensic audio analysis in criminal investigations

Forensic audio analysis involves using audio evidence to investigate crimes or for courtroom use. In the podcast, a forensic audio examiner, Kent Gibson, discusses his role in analyzing audio recordings from the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. He identifies potential audio edits in the recordings and suggests they may have been made to withhold information or due to poor editing. Forensic audio analysis plays a crucial role in authentication and enhancement of audio evidence, although detecting edits is not always foolproof.

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