Thursday, October 13, 2005

Dutch police adopt Persay technology Haaretz, 11 Oct 2005

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/633832.html
Galya Yemini
"The system is an expansion of an electronic methodology already in use in the Netherlands. It will operate by randomly calling convicted hooligans at home during soccer games, and can identify their voices. It can support an unlimited range of languages and dialects, as well as accents, overcoming background noises and ignoring natural fluctuation in voice. It can also weed out recordings: Hooligans cannot fool it by leaving tapes with mom. "