VoiceXML FORUM SPEAKER BIOMETRICS COMMITTEE

Scope and Goals
  • Develop requirements for speaker biometrics capabilities in VoiceXML systems
  • Identify use cases for voice-only and multimodal applications
  • Review existing platform-specific implementations of speech biometrics extensions to VoiceXML
  • Compare existing implementations with requirements defined by the Committee
  • Develop a standard transaction format based on CBEFF
  • Develop best practices for user interface design, application architecture, and the use of speech biometrics in the context of VoiceXML
  • Collaborate with relevant organizations including W3C, IETF, ANSI, ISO

Publications
NOTE: Working Draft documents are provided solely to provide a public view of this committee's activities, and are subject to change completely without notice.

  • SIV Introduction and Best Practices

    • - August 2008, VoiceXML Forum (Working Draft) [ pdf ]

    This document provides guidance to companies that plan to implement VoiceXML SIV applications. This capability represents a shift in today's typical biometric authentication model towards a more granular application usage.

  • SIV Glossary

    • - May 2007 (Working Draft) [ pdf ]

    This document provides a comprehensive list of terms and vendor-neutral definitions.

  • SIV Data Model vendor questionnaire

    • - February 17, 2007 [ pdf ]

    Survey for SIV engine vendors regarding technology implementation

  • Data Exchange File Format for SIV

    • - May 2007 (Working Draft submitted to ISO) [ pdf ]
    - December 2006 (Working Draft submitted to ANSI) [ pdf ]
    - May 2006 (Working Draft) [ pdf ]
    - March 2006 (Working Draft) [ pdf ]

    The Data Exchange File Format for Speaker Identification and Verification document presents the rationale for developing a data-exchange file format (DEFF) for speaker verification and identification (SIV) and the first version of a DEFF that complies with ANSI and ISO's Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) standard. The DEFF is designed to be used for transmitting SIV data and information about those data. It can be used as the communication component of a VoiceXML SIV transaction (primarily an authentication). It can be stored and transmitted after the authentication is completed when, for example, a company changes vendors, does an audit, or even does tuning on the application.

  • Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV) Requirements for VoiceXML Applications

    • - May 2007 (Vers. 2 final draft) [ pdf ]
    - May 2006 (draft) [ pdf ]
    - September 2005 (draft) [ pdf ]

    This document details the requirements and use cases for SIV specifically for VoiceXML applications.

  • SIV Applications

    • - May 2006 (Working Draft) [ pdf ]
    - February 2006 (Working Draft) [ pdf ]

    A representative sample of SIV applications from a technical perspective is presented; this document complements the SIV Requirements for VoiceXML Applications document, published in September, 2005, and serves as a test-set for the development of an SIV-extension for VoiceXML. The set of sample applications covers the most important markets and industries and the most important application categories.

    Previously published documents:

    • Speaker Identification and Verification (SIV) Requirements for VoiceXML Applications, September 2005, VoiceXML Forum (draft)

      • [pdf ]

    • Review of Nuance Voiceprint forms specification, September 2005, VoiceXML Forum

      • [pdf]

    • Nuance Voiceprint forms version 9.5.1, August 2005, Jim White, Nuance Communications

      • [pdf]

    • OSP VoiceXML Speaker Verification Extensions, September 18, 2005, Magellan Communications

      • [pdf]


    Participation
    Participation is open to all VoiceXML Forum members.

    Meetings
    The committee works by email and weekly teleconferences. Face-to-face meetings may periodically be held; if so, they may be held jointly with other meetings such as SpeechTek or W3C meetings to reduce the cost of hosting and individual travel.

    Contact (co-chairs)
    Ken Rehor - Cisco
    Judith Markowitz - _J. Markowitz, Consultants_

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