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De-Identification for Privacy Protection in Audio Contents

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dc.contributor.author Induruwa, K.G.
dc.contributor.author Pallewatta, A.P.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-12T06:10:14Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-12T06:10:14Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation Induruwa, K.G. and Pallewatta, A.P.2017. De-Identification for Privacy Protection in Audio Contents.Kelaniya International Conference on Advances in Computing and Technology (KICACT - 2017), Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. p 20. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/17389
dc.description.abstract Among different forms of audio data or information, the author wishes to limit the scope of this research to privacy protection in voice contents of speakers, because voice generally conveys intelligence such as gender, emotion and it differs from speaker to speaker. De-identification of voice may bring numerous advantages, such as preserving the privacy of speakers during communication, maintaining confidentiality of inquirers who conduct critical investigations and improve the clarity of voice signals used in airport/aviation communication by standardizing the voices of Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers. Though advanced voice encryption methods are available to deteriorate the intelligence of speech, they do not directly address the issues of speaker de-identification. This research project aims at de-identification of voice signals while preserving the intelligence of the speech during communication. Designed GUI for mono LPC spectrums of original and de-identified voice signals In this project, the de-identification process was done at three stages, where the last two processes are irreversible. First, in the frequency normalization stage, pitch of the original signal is changed and slightly de-identified the voice in frequency domain. Then 12 LPC (Linear Predictive Coding) co-efficient values of the subject-person’s original voice signal is subtracted from the 12 coefficient values of the reference sample voice signal. As a result, features are slightly moderated by the second stage. In the third stage the features are destroyed again by shuffling LPC coefficients randomly within three categories. Therefore, this whole process is expected to preserve a higher level of privacy. Based on the test carried out by using 15 samples of male and 15 samples of female voice produced a degree of 10% and 20% de-identification, which could be accepted as a very satisfactory result. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Computing and Technology, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.subject De-identification en_US
dc.subject Privacy Protection en_US
dc.subject Audio Voice Data en_US
dc.title De-Identification for Privacy Protection in Audio Contents en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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