asterisk users - Feb 2009 - Please help test the gender detection moduleat 575-613-4392

Thanks for the feedback. I did some research and it looks like you were calling
over international lines. It also appears that there was high than average
static on the line, which is not normal for my system. It's true that I
threw my recordings together quickly and the beep was supposed to be funny - it
was actually me saying "beeeeeep". However, the static and noise you
received was probably not from my system.

Nonetheless, I am working on improving the results of detection and will have a
new release today or tomorrow. I'll post it up on the test systems for
people to test and build additional data for refinement. Most importantly,
I'll be adding a background noise filter and fine tuning the male/female
results. After I get the gender detection done, I'll also be adding age
range detection.

Justin

------Original Message------
From: Anselm Martin Hoffmeister
To: nt_jnewman at yahoo.com
Sent: Feb 18, 2009 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection moduleat
575-613-4392

Am Montag, den 16.02.2009, 11:45 -0800 schrieb Asterisk Asterisk:
> Let me know how it works when you try the test number at 575-613-4392.
Hi Justin,

I tried your module half an hour ago, and first of all, the bad sound
quality immediately came to my attention. The prompts where noisy as if
I had called from a mobile (which I did not) - intercontinental lines
may be the cause here.

The pause after the voice recording is quite long, giving the impression
that you somehow missed the (short) voice recording and still wait for
the caller's input: After the beep, I spoke as told, then had to wait
five or so seconds.

Besides, I have been detected as "female", three times in a row. I
should probably go to the bathroom and check, but I think you are in
error there.

BR
Anselm


      
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I hadn't even thought of that, but that's a great idea. I wrote some
code that does speech recognition based on generated tokens and no learning
needed. We could certainly apply the gender detection and that sr to a project
like this. I would store only the token in my current model, but we could store
voice too.

I'll send you another email with my contact info. Maybe we can talk offline
and put something together this week? This would be really cool...voice auth and
ID. Probably not too much work either.

Justin Newman
nt_jnewman at yahoo.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff LaCoursiere <jeff at jeff.net>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:01:15 
To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion<asterisk-users at
lists.digium.com>
Cc: <nt_jnewman at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module
at 575-613-4392



Hi Justin,

How far is your work from being able to do speaker verification?  Not 
*identification* mind you, but being able to tell that a captured voice is 
the same as another that is stored...

Cheers,

j

On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Asterisk Asterisk wrote:
> Steve,
>
>> Tried to test and got "call could not be completed as
dialed".
>
> Were you able to connect? If not, please try again. Call volume has been
growing.
>
>> How about a moving stress variable that could be used as a lie detector
> of sorts or
>> just to measure how certain parts of a script, or certain
> questions may
>
> This is possible. Do you want to call or e-mail to discuss?
>
>
>> I guess to get a baseline, you would have to ask a few inert questions.
>
> Yes, I definitely need to do this and will probably add this in for the
next release.
>
> Justin Newman
> nt_jnewman at yahoo.com
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steve Totaro <stotaro at totarotechnologies.com>
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
<asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 10:57:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module
at 575-613-4392
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Steve Totaro <stotaro at
totarotechnologies.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Asterisk Asterisk <nt_asterisk at
yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> This module detects gender and approximate age range. I'm working on
getting it's accuracy to 80%+ on a consistent basis, after implementing
filters to remove background noise and other artifacts.
>
> It's designed for a number of things. To start, I have several clients
(primarily mobile content and servers providers) that want to profile and
generate demographics of their users for selling advertising. They also want to
understand their user base. Plus, some customers have found that male and female
users tend to respond differently to different prompts, flows, etc. This helps
in designing a system that meets needs of many different types of users.
>
> Of course, there are many other uses and I'm sure people can generate
some cool ideas.
>
> Let me know how it works when you try the test number at 575-613-4392.
Also, let me know if you have any interest in the module.
>
> Justin
>
> nt_jnewman at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ron Joffe <ron.joffe at gmail.com>
> To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Cc: Asterisk Asterisk <nt_asterisk at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 11:05:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module
at 575-613-4392
>
> That's an interesting module.
>
> Care to elaborate on what you designed it for ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron
>
>
>
>
> On Monday 16 February 2009 13:29, Asterisk Asterisk wrote:
>> I need your help: please help test the gender detection module at
>> 575-613-4392.
>>
>> I wrote a gender detection module and thought I'd try it out. It
only takes
>> a second. I've been showing 90%+ accuracy and I want to make sure
it's
>> working correctly. Rain and significant background noise seems to throw
it
>> off, so I still have a bit of work to do.
>>
>> Have your friends and significant others call too. Also, let me know if
you
>> have any need for the module.
>>
>> Justin Newman
>> nt_jnewman at yahoo.com
>
>
> Tried to test and got "call could not be completed as dialed".
>
> This sounds very interesting Justin.
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
>
>
> Justin, how about building some additional functionality.
>
> How about a moving stress variable that could be used as a lie detector of
sorts or just to measure how certain parts of a script, or certain questions may
prove to be more stressful where simply rewording them may have a less stressful
response?
>
> I guess to get a baseline, you would have to ask a few inert questions.
>
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Steve Totaro
> +18887771888 (Toll Free)
> +12409381212 (Cell)
> +12024369784 (Skype)
>
>
>
>


      
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2009/2/18 Asterisk Asterisk <nt_asterisk at yahoo.com>
> Thanks for the feedback. I did some research and it looks like you were
> calling over international lines. It also appears that there was high than
> average static on the line, which is not normal for my system. It's
true
> that I threw my recordings together quickly and the beep was supposed to be
> funny - it was actually me saying "beeeeeep". However, the static
and noise
> you received was probably not from my system.
>
> Nonetheless, I am working on improving the results of detection and will
> have a new release today or tomorrow. I'll post it up on the test
systems
> for people to test and build additional data for refinement. Most
> importantly, I'll be adding a background noise filter and fine tuning
the
> male/female results. After I get the gender detection done, I'll also
be
> adding age range detection.
>
> Justin
>
It was so fun :) I have noticed a bad quality audio, not choppy, but hears
like very compressed.
Calling from France
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