Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 182-186 , December 2008

A test of the effectiveness of speaker verification for differentiating between identical twins

  • Aladdin Ariyaeeinia

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1707 284348; fax: +44 1707 284199.
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  • Christopher Morrison

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4EH, UK
    • Now at MedImmune UK Ltd, Liverpool, UK.
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  • Amit Malegaonkar

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB, UK
    • Now at Trinity Convergence India Pvt., Ltd., Pune, India.
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  • Sue Black

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4EH, UK

Received 23 November 2007 ,Revised 5 February 2008 ,Accepted 14 February 2008.

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PII: S1355-0306(08)00031-2

doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2008.02.002

Science & Justice
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 182-186 , December 2008