November 07, 2006
Voice Applications: You'd Better Recognize
One hot voice application space that will be useful in biometrics is voice recognition [Unified Communications]. It's likely less disconcerting to users than, say, fingerprinting, palm vein scans, or facial recognition. This type of app has been around for quite some years, but accurate voice recognition has been waiting expectantly, ready to be called upon - something that's only now happening due to more powerful computers. And there is the potential to use it in mobile phones in the future - at least in my estimation.
To my knowledge, voice biometrics is hypothesized as being accurate - i.e., that human voices are unique enough that they can be used for user authentication purposes in mobile payment, secure access, or other applications. If this is indeed true, or at least sufficient for most authentication purposes, say coupled with a verbally-administered PIN code or password, then all that remains is the horsepower needed for mobile handsets. We live in interesting times.
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