Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's 1046
Hugh Pickens writes "As the Trayvon Martin controversy splinters into a debate about self-defense, a central question remains: Who was heard crying for help on a 911 call in the moments before the teen was shot? Now the Orlando Sentinel reports that Tom Owen, a leading expert in the field of forensic voice identification sought to answer that question by analyzing the recordings. His result: It was not George Zimmerman who called for help. Owen, forensic consultant for Owen Forensic Services LLC and chair emeritus for the American Board of Recorded Evidence, used voice identification software to rule out Zimmerman. Another expert contacted by the Sentinel, utilizing different techniques, came to the same conclusion. Owen used software called Easy Voice Biometrics to compare Zimmerman's voice to the 911 call screams. 'I took all of the screams and put those together, and cut out everything else,' says Owen. The software compared that audio to Zimmerman's voice and returned a 48 percent match. Owen says to reach a positive match with audio of this quality, he'd expect higher than 90 percent. Owen cannot confirm the voice as Trayvon's, because he didn't have a sample of the teen's voice to compare however 'you can say with reasonable scientific certainty that it's not Zimmerman.'"
Re:In case you missed it (Score:5, Funny)
More holes than Trayvon?
Re:Why is this on Slashdot? (Score:0, Funny)
I no, rite? I came here to read about scince, not about some questionable black kid who got shot for being stupid (surprise!) and wearing a hoodie, walking around, a bulge in his pocket, suspended from school, etc. Excuse me not black, African American person of color, don't push the report flag on me.
Can I get a woop woop?
Oh wait, seriously this story is about biometric software, which is both news for nerds and stuff that matters, and deals with your rights online as well. The fact that it just eats your cheese to have to glance on a story about Trayvon Martin is really saying something about you.
Re:So what? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what? (Score:4, Funny)
I think I'm going to need a chart for this. :)