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Talk:Speaker recognition

message: I merged the stub article Voice biometrics here in order to avoid content forking. --Bejnar (talk) 02:01, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Voice biometrics 

message: Where is the best place for voice monitoring for other measures such as stress, e.g.  and fatigue, e.g. , and ? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 21:26, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stress and fatigue voice characteristics 

message: There is nothing here about the natural ability of people to identify a speaker. Is that covered elsewhere and if so should it be pointed to from this article. 86.139.225.123 (talk) 02:00, 31 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-electronic speaker recognition 

message: I had a different voice at age four than I have now. It's doubtful a model trained on my adult voice could be used to identify my childhood voice. 
Many people speak multiple languages. For a while, I tried to learn Chinese. I highly doubt a model trained to recognize my proficient English voice could be used to recognize my pathetic Chinese voice. 
People who relearn to speak after a laryngectomy have different voices than before. 
People have different voices after inhaling helium. 
Transsexuals under hormone therapy probably end up with substantially different voices. Adolescent boys sometimes sound weirdly croaky after their voice change, especially the ones who end up with the deepest register. 
Stephen Hawking and Roger Ebert had more than one distinct electronic voice during their illnesses. 
And finally, there's Zaphod Beeblebrox, who had two heads, and quite possibly, two entirely different voices. On the same planet, there's probably some bird species that moults its beak every year, and never again entirely sings the same clef. 
Speakers and voices are not 1:1 maps over a variety of different dimensions. I'm pretty sure that most of these systems key on voice, not speaker, and don't come with the expectation of resolving distinct voices onto a singular speaker. 
Which leaves voice recognition as the practical technology, and speaker recognition as the aspirational technology (security-focused customers are of course mainly promised the later, even when only the former is entirely practical). — MaxEnt 20:32, 13 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Difference between voice and speaker recognition 

message: Add a section on the many spoofing attempts that have been done. One could imagine a famous person whose voice is available on many YouTube videos... Jidanni (talk) 06:38, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spoofing
Talk:Beal University

message: Hi. This page seams a little too specific. With 4000 hits only in Google, it dosen't look like a good candidate for wikipedia. A vfd or a delete candidate ? My opinion only. Gtabary 18:16, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The page just came into existence.  Hard to have hits on a page that didn't exist. It has been many years and its hit count has increased gradually. I have added a page views application above so one can track its page count viewership. Yorkshiremany (talk) 22:29, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Specific?
Talk:Arturo Benedetto Giovanni Guiseppe Pietro Archangelo Alfredo Cartoffoli da Milano

message: I especially like the "Guiseppe" part, but the "Pietro Archangelo" is a chuckle too. Peter the Archangel indeed! --Wetman 19:00, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm just on a copy-editing spree ;-]. Read almost all of Tintin thoughJ heisenberg 19:42, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Like
Talk:North Vancouver (district municipality)

message: The History section that was added seems to be copied straight from http://dnv.org/nvma/histori.htm of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives.  
Please indicate in this talk page whether the Museum has agreed to release this text under GFDL. If not it should be removed. -- Webgeer 19:28, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled
Talk:Goanet

message: OK, the mailing list appears notable but what existed before was not encyclopedic. Was promotional nNPOV and OR about mailing list minutiae. It can grow from here, but it needed a fresh start TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 14:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  April 2008 
Talk:River Dee, Wales

message: The article contains the following text: "Canoeing and kayaking are also permitted between Farndon and Chester, as this section of the river is tidal and falls under the jurisdiction of Cheshire West and Chester Council." One or two observations; to what extent is this really tidal? The weir in Chester forms the normal tidal limit though spring tides do overwhelm it and cause river water to back up upstream but quite how far - as far as Farndon?  Some additional explanatory text might be appropriate here. And secondly what is meant by 'under the jurisdiction of CWAC Council'? Part of the described course has the national border running down the centre of the river so any 'jurisdiction' would be expected to be shared between the authorities on either side (CWAC and Wrexham CBC). There is perhaps an agreement that CWAC has jurisdiction over navigational rights over a certain stretch but surely jurisdiction for most purposes (water quality, fisheries, flood defence etc) will fall to Natural Resources Wales on the one hand and to the Environment Agency on the other? Again explanatory text would help the reader. cheers Geopersona (talk) 12:22, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The uncited claim was added by an anon IP; I'd concur that it sounds dubious. This may have been the source, which states "ACCESS HASSLES: Tidal and an historic navigation, so you have full right of passage." – my instinct would be that there is probably de facto access, but no legal right of access (mind you, that's coming from a position of complete ignorance on my part, as a walker rather than a canoeist). Dave.Dunford (talk) 13:41, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Canoeing and 'tidal section'
Talk:Steam explosion

message: The latest addition by Malarky apparently makes a steam explosion synonomous with any rapid expansion of superheated water - whilst I'm not in principal to this phenomenon being discussed, it's not what I understood by the term (by a long way). After an appropriate invitaion for discussion, I would wish to revert the change. Bob aka Linuxlad 22:21, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: What IS a steam explosion??

message: This term can't possibly be a synonym for "steam explosion", can it? 98.182.33.64 (talk) 02:01, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly in vulcanology, such as Hawaii, where magma injected into seawater is an important and distinctive process, giving rise to pillow lavas. Otherwise it's a new one on me and does look dubious. Andy Dingley (talk) 02:04, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

text: Overall, the whole article seems to lump together boiler explosions, nuclear reactor accidents and vulcanology as if they were the same thing. They clearly aren't, even if "steam" and "explosions" are involved in all. Andy Dingley (talk) 02:06, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure, it might be a bona fide term of art in vulcanology—the phenomenon is discussed in the article and illustrated by the image—but it's surely no synonym for "steam explosion". The introduction claims it is. I think that part should be removed or rephrased. 98.182.33.64 (talk) 23:57, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Littoral explosion? 

message: The Chernobyl Disaster was the product of one or more steam explosions. I have read that the intensity of the second explosion was such that it mught have been a hydrogen explosion, caused by the mixture of super hot graphite from the reactor core and steam. Much of this is, of course, conjectural but steam obviously played a major role and it is possible that hydrogen was also a part of the second explosion. Flanker235 (talk) 09:40, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chernobyl
Talk:British North America Act 1867

message: British Acts of Parliament are named without the comma. Please do not move this to "[...], 1867",  "[...] (1867)", or anything else like that.
James F. (talk) 20:40, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: While I don't doubt the British convention, in Canada it is always cited as "British North America Act, 1867". The question is which country's convention should take precedence on naming the article. I'd argue it should use the Canadian form because the document is nothing less than the Constitution for the whole country while for Britian it's an act of parliament like any others. --PullUpYourSocks 01:32, 12 September 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The Act itself, before it was amended in 1982, said it should be cited as "The British North America Act, 1867" — with a comma. See  for example. --Mathew5000 04:45, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Naming
Talk:Methylsulfonylmethane

message: What is the life of msm?
I have some in a container which was packed 09/19 and it look as new, pure white, not caked etc. Is it still ok to take? 58.6.247.167 (talk) 23:06, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life of msm? 

message: This is a chemical with no known legitimate medical use, and yet the article is almost entirely about those dubious claims. Even the name of the article is affected: the standard chemical name is definitely dimethyl sulfone, not MSM which is largely the name used by quacks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.188.172.95 (talk) 22:28, 29 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias
Talk:St Sepulchre-without-Newgate

message: The information board outside the church says the church name changed from St Edmund to St Edmund and the Holy Sepulchre because, between 1103 and 1173, it belonged to the Augustinian Canons, who were Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.  
I have tried to do some digging on the net to find out about the Augustinian Canons but nothing I've found shows any direct link with the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.  As far as I can tell the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre were based in Jerusalem and they did live in line with the Augustinian Rules.  But I have found nothing that suggests a group of them lived in London in the 12th century.  The Augustinian Canons mentioned in the Wikipedia and elsewhere seem to be a different group entirely.  
Anyone able to shed any light on this?
Talk about the architecture perhaps?   — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.97.62.78 (talk) 17:54, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Church Name Change
Talk:Hapi (Son of Horus)

message: I've seen Hapi and Hapy listed as opposites in several locations. Encyclopedia Brittanica lists them as the alternate to this entry and this entry appears to be from thefreedictionary.com which, of course, lists it in this manner. Does anyone have a conclusive, cited, answer to which is which?
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Shoebox~enwiki (talk • contribs) 15 December 2004 (UTC)
Hapi, the son of Horus and Hapy the Nile inundation are different gods and their names are spelled differently in Egyptian.  This article is very poor and confuses the two and I intend to edit when I have time. Apepch7 15:14, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Opposite

message: I've noted this pages has been constantly vandalized and for that my confidence in it is a little bit hurt. I really cannot find any reliable reference linking the "Hapi" son of Horus with the direction north. Looks like it was a later edit and could be some sort of vandalism. Several online references, including  page 78 links Hapi with east direction. Also, unless I've looked in the wrong place, the Spell 148 of the Book of Dead don't even mention the sons of Horus, or Hapi specifically. Please take a look in the Hapi historic page to see what I'm talking about.
I would really like to have access to this suspicious reference 9: Lurker, op.cit., p.104. Anyone could check this one? It was created back in 14 august 2007 along with a batch by 'Andi d'. Please check here the version history of the Four Sons of Horus
"Adtollite portas principes vestras" 23:45, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compass Directions Reference: Neutrality? 

message: I need to know for certain studies I'm working on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.92.234.42 (talk) 23:46, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Does anyone know what Greek deity Hapi was affiliated with during the Hellenistic era?
Talk:Earl de Grey

message: Moved because the marquesal title was simply "Grey", not "de Grey". User:Opera hat, 21.53, 5 December 2004 (GMT)
This statement immediately above is incorrect.
The Correct titles are Earl De Grey and Marquess De Grey and not "de" but "De"
easy ref: old copies (when the titles were in use) of DeBrett and Burke Peerages accessible through Google BooksEddaido (talk) 22:33, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
Talk:Merkit

message: :", while Genghis Khan's mother was on the honeymoon," and "When Genghis Khan was born, Yesugei and Hoelun could not figure it out whether he is Yesugei's or the Merkit's warrior's son."
I couldn't find any online source mentioning any doubt about Temujin's father. Rmhermen 22:03, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the undeniable similarity between the ancient ethnonyms 靺鞨 (Mandarin Mòhé, Early Middle Japanese Maka or Sino-Japanese Makkat(u), Sino-Korean Markar), 勿吉 (Mandarin Wùjí, Sino-Japanese Mokkit(u), Sino-Korean *Meurkir or *Myrkir to Modern Sino-Korean Murkir), and the ethnonym of the Merkits that is attested in Mongolian sources? Is the phonetic similarity so striking that scholars have chosen to ignore it as a mere coincidence? Or does the vague similarity to the name of the Magyars trouble them? Sometimes I think scholars with a particular fondness for one Northeast Asian ethnic group or another have arbitrarily labelled some vanished tribes of the region as being "related to" or "a subtype of" the Mongolians, the Tungus, etc. without any solid evidence to back up their claims. To me, it all seems a lot like the old Chinese historian's practice of relating, apparently arbitrarily, the chiefs of any non-Chinese tribes with which they came into contact to the descendants of some extremely ancient rulers of China, such as the kings of the Xià or Shāng dynasties. (Posted by: nekomimi Apr 30, 2006)
:Beware of vague soundalikes, the staple of the hobby etymologist and pseudo-linguist alike. If you give me Middle/Old Chinese reconstructions and the resemblance remains or even increases, I'd admit you might be up to something, but this doesn't suffice. Why should anyone pick up on this? Perhaps because it isn't really that obvious a resemblance except to you and others who are inclined to see it, sort of like pareidolia? Your own fondness for a Northeast Asian ethnic group, perhaps?
:Apart from that, your point that vanished tribes are classified or attributed to others on less than solid footing is valid (I admit that default assumptions, while common sense, are often wrong, but they are quite understandable), but your listing isn't anything like persuasive evidence, either. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 21:31, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed from article as I couldn't confirm:

message: Böri (talk) 11:20, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: And your reason to think that is? My curiosity is already peaked; I'm listening attentively. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 21:36, 2 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merkit people = a Turkic people 

message: Currently the name is spelled in the text variously as Merkit, Merged and Mergid: if there are reasons for using each of these in different places they are not made clear. Should the article be edited to use one of these consistently, with the others noted in the lede? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.0.58 (talk) 00:55, 16 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling?
Talk:Bracket racing

message: Isn't this just about always called just "bracket racing" instead of "e.t. bracket racing"? I've only heard it referred to as that and most of the sites on google seem to prefer it. Recury 15:33, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh well, moved. Recury 13:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
Talk:List of dams and reservoirs in the United Kingdom

message: There are a whole series of major reservoirs around London including Datchet, King George V etc. which are used to store river water abstracted from the Thames and the Lea before treatmenet. A number of the Lea reservoirs are here but most of the big west London ones appear to be missing. Can anyone fill the gap ?
Velela 22:11, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: London Suburban Reservoirs

message: cy: has :cy:Cronfeydd Cymru, a list of reservoirs in Wales. This isn't really close enough to interwiki. 66.92.237.111 02:22, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  cy: 

message: Please see a discussion here regarding the renaming of this article and similar ones.--NortyNort  (Holla) 03:05, 20 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rename proposal 

message: If Swansea Barrage is included on this list, is there any justification for not including the Cardiff Bay Barrage, which fulfils a similar role?Ntmr (talk) 22:06, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cardiff Bay Barrage
Talk:Lang

message: Just wondering why there's a need to group the people by their ethnicities and races on this page. I think the goal may be to distinguish the fact that the Chinese "Lang" is not related to the German "Lang" (the translation of the Chinese family name "Lang" just happens to collide with the European "Lang" in the English namespace). If that's the goal maybe there should be a page for each surname? I can see this happening with other name collisions as well. Willsfca 16:06, 18 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ethnicity
Talk:Child advocacy

message: * Great use of a variety of materials, especially in getting permission to include materials that might otherwise fall under copyright restrictions. Jasonnolan 22:20, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

message: I believe that Child Advocacy Centers should be merged here. The article is short enough to be only a section here (I'd probably stick it into "Where child advocates can be found"), and is of little value without context (such as the definition of child advocacy which can be found here). Puchiko (Talk-email) 15:44, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done As there were no objections, I have performed the merge. --Puchiko (Talk-email) 17:50, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: The Wikipedia article on Voices for America's Children says it closed in 2013.  I therefore deleted the following:  
"Voices for America's Children is a national advocacy organization with more than 60 members committed to speaking up for the well-being of children."  
At the time that was written, it may have been accurate.  It no longer is.  DavidMCEddy (talk) 16:35, 2 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Voices" Closed
Talk:Tee

message: Added a reference to the tool tee after a FireFox Wikipedia Quick search (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s) led here with no link or disambiguation.
(fugacity 13:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unix Tool 

message: It seems that there is an ambiguity here. The definition of tee refers only to a device used to support balls. The etymology section then refers only to an area (a home base, if you will) from which the first stroke on a particular hole is taken. The section on golf tee then refers to both of these meanings. 
Perhaps the definition needs to refer to both meanings. The etymology section probably needs to be alter too, for it currently only applies to the tee area in golf (and curling), not the device to support balls. Hermanoere (talk) 12:55, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ambiguitees 

message: What are golf tees made out of 184.169.61.127 (talk) 07:13, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  What are golf tees made out of
Talk:Handedness

message: In the coming days I will be reviewing the health and handedness section of this article. I have an inclination to say that more than one study should be conducted for a statement on handedness and health, preferably several studies. Any thoughts? RomanGrandpa (talk) 19:04, 27 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health and Handedness 

message: connah g handness: refers to the god of left handed people commonly known as TGOLH (the god of left handers). 151.38.107.118 (talk) 17:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: There is no evidence to add source content. So please do not add it because you do not provide a reliable source. --HirowoWiki (Ask me) (My contributions) 20:54, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  what is this? 

message: At time of writing, the article says nothing about mice, or keyboards or text messages on mobile phones? ----MountVic127 (talk) 03:57, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mice; Keyboards and Mobile Phones
Talk:Hawker centre

message: sorry, but that was both hard to read and extremely opinionated. Sam Spade Wants you to vote! 23:10, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: revert
Talk:XF (grade)

message: I'm borderline on re-submitting it myself, but given the recentness of the previous (passed) VfD, I won't.
It's not that the "XF" phenomenon isn't notable. However, this matter is already discussed in some form at Grade (education). The idiosyncratic nomenclature (XF as opposed to G or FF) of a few institutions is hardly noteworthy. EventHorizon 06:58, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Case for deletion 

message: I put up this tag as I found two universities one of which uses the XF grade to indicate failure due to dropping out (based on a source at their website), another which uses the G grade to indicate "Class work unfinished because of extenuating personal circumstances".  Respectively, the relevant links are: UWRF and Pitt.
The preceding makes the following quote suspect: "XF (sometimes G or FF) is a letter grade used at some U.S. colleges, assigned to students who are caught performing acts of academic dishonesty. This makes it evident from the transcript why the failing grade was assigned."  Do any colleges or universities use these grades for this purpose?  Apparently the University of Maryland uses "XF" for this purpose.
I think "Misleading" is the wrong tag to use, but don't know what would be more appropriate.  69.243.168.118 (talk) 03:31, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Misleading
Talk:Mike Leavitt

message: "Leavitt is also a direct descendant of Dudley Leavitt, a participant in the brutal Mountain Meadows Massacre in 1857."
Seems like the writer is trying to say something here...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.110.217.66 (talk) 04:04, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Orly? 

message: What is so controversial about him being appointed to the EPA? That should definately be clarified... --jonasaurus 17:27, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy? 

message: Haven't the prescription drug plans been a bigger headache for him and more important to the nation? So he used a jet . . . I mean it's worth looking into, however, this seems overblown for this article. Maybe the article itself just needs to be enlarged as Leavitt has had a long career of public service. The Utah governor section is especially tiny. --Utahredrock 07:10, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gulf Stream Controversy

message: To anyone interested in expanding the information about Leavitt's years as Utah governor, may I suggest digital online collections of his governor's papers available from the Utah State Archives (Governors of Utah Digital Collection). Some of the different records include executive orders, press releases, photographs, and selected correspondence. I have worked directly with these records so I will avoid adding this information to the article itself. Thank you, Amariekleio 22:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Resources 

message: Inasmuch as he was prime age for Vietnam, what did he do about military service?  Kids today don't serve unless they happen to feel like it, but that was not always the case by any means, and the draft was used from the Civil War through Vietnam.    — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.69.229 (talk) 01:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Um, Biography?

message: I’m the third grade grandson of  Porter Rockwelll 2601:284:101:78D0:0:0:0:1032 (talk) 05:03, 6 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Oren Porter Rockwell