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Publications

Audio forensic center staff have authored numerous publications in acoustics (see curriculum vitae). Below is a listing of publications specifically related to forensic applications.

Poza, F., and Begault, D. R. (2005). 'Voice identification and elimination using aural-spectrographic protocols.' Audio Engineering Society 26th International Conference, 'Audio Forensics in the Digital Age', July 2005, pp. 21-28. [pdf]

Brixen, E. B., and Begault, D. R. (2005). 'Validity of bit-compressed digital voice recordings for spectrographic analyses: input for a database, a preliminary test.'. Audio Engineering Society 26th International Conference, 'Audio Forensics in the Digital Age', July 2005, pp. 53-64. [AES Paper]

Begault, D. R., Brustad, B. M., and Stanley, A. M. (2005). 'Tape analysis and authentication using multitrack recorders.' Audio Engineering Society 26th International Conference, 'Audio Forensics in the Digital Age', July 2005, pp. 115-121 [pdf]

Begault, D. R. and Peltier, C. A. (2006). 'Acoustic signal analysis for forensic applications.' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 120:3275. [ASA Paper]

Freytag, J. C., Begault, D. R., and Peltier, C. A. (2006) 'The acoustics of gunfire.' Proc. Inter-Noise 2006, Dec. 3-6, Honolulu, Hawaii [pdf]

Begault, D. R., and Peltier, C. A. (2007). 'The Practice of Audio Forensics.' Audio Engineering Society 122nd Convention, Vienna, Workshop presentation.

Begault, D. R. (2007). 'Experiment in Computational Voice Elimination Using Formant Analysis.' Audio Engineering Society 123rd Convention, New York, NY 5-8 October 2007.[pdf]

Begault, D. R. (2008). 'Forensic analysis of the audibility of female screams.' Audio Engineering Society 33rd Convention 'Audio Forensics-Theory and Practice', Denver, CO 5-7 June 2008. [pdf]

Poza, F. and Begault, D. R. (2008). 'The role of transcriptions in the courtroom: a scientific evaluation.' Audio Engineering Society 33rd Convention 'Audio Forensics-Theory and Practice', Denver, CO 5-7 June 2008. [pdf]