Microsoft patents your voice

Application number 10,777,322 covers a method and apparatus to identifying a caller of a call. A voice input is received from the caller, and characteristics of the voice are checked off against a list of acceptable acoustic models, the patent said.

It means that a caller can be identified as a new or known caller based on a checklist of as one of the previously identified callers or as a new caller based on the plurality of acoustic scores.

Of course if someone rings you and you recognise their voice, your brain is doing exactly the same thing. So when the blokes from Vole pop around to tell you that your brain is in breach of its patent you will know what they are banging on about.

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