Can We Identify Unknown Audio Recording Environments in Forensic Scenarios?

arXiv:2405.02119v1 Announce Type: cross
Abstract: Audio recordings may provide important evidence in criminal investigations. One such case is the forensic association of the recorded audio to the recording location. For example, a voice message may be the only investigative cue to narrow down the candidate sites for a crime. Up to now, several works provide tools for closed-set recording environment classification under relatively clean recording conditions. However, in forensic investigations, the candidate locations are case-specific. Thus, closed-set tools are not …

abstract arxiv association audio audio recordings case crime cs.lg cs.sd eess.as environments evidence example identify investigations location narrow recording type voice