Methodology concept of speaker attribution in the cockpit of a moving aircraft
https://doi.org/10.51955/2312-1327_2025_2_70
Abstract
The paper analyzes speaker voice identification methods that are widely used in the practice of flight accidents investigation by speech recorded in the cockpit of a moving aircraft during an emergency situation on board. The advantages and disadvantages of each of methods are described, the factors reducing the reliability of the identification are indicated, and the methodological foundations for using utterances of persons recorded on a phonogram, whose attribution has already been established as an additional data source, are formulated. The prerequisites for constructing a step-by-step methodology for attributing utterances of persons recorded in the cockpit of a moving aircraft using the latest achievements in the field of forensic examination of audio recordings are given.
About the Authors
V. I. Arbuzov
St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation named after Chief Marshal of Aviation A.A. Novikov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery I. Arbuzov - Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor
38 Pilotov st. St. Petersburg, 196210
I. S. Siparov
St. Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation named after Chief Marshal of Aviation A.A. Novikov; North-Western Forensic Science Center of the Ministry of Justice
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ivan S. Siparov - Senior state forensic expert
38 Pilotov st. St. Petersburg, 196210
8 Nekrasova st. St. Petersburg, 190000
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Arbuzov V.I., Siparov I.S. Methodology concept of speaker attribution in the cockpit of a moving aircraft. Crede Experto: transport, society, education, language. 2025;(2):70-85. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.51955/2312-1327_2025_2_70
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