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From: ramli@ele.uri.edu (Ramli)
Subject: Re: Query: Detecting emotional stress via voice analysis?
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In article <35fkm5$ddj@network.ucsd.edu> dolson@crl.ucsd.edu (Mark Dolson) writes:
>
>Here's a question somewhat off the beaten path:  A friend asked me if
>I knew of any software for estimating emotional stress via the analysis
>of recorded speech.  (An obvious application would be attempting to detect
>lying based on subliminal changes in voice quality.)  I took a quick look
>at the research literature and learned that devices purporting to
>accomplish this are commercially available, but that they do not appear
>to have performed well in rigorous scientific tests.  Does anyone have
>any more specific information on this topic that they would be willing
>to share?
>
>--Mark Dolson (dolson@crl.ucsd.edu)
>

Dr. Kathleen E. Cummings's Ph.D thesis entitled "Analysis,
Synthesis, and Recognition of Stressed Speech" (Georgia Tech, September,
1992) might provide some of the info you are seeking.

ramli.


