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What Is Voice Authentication?<\/span><\/h2>\n
Voice authentication is a type of biometric security<\/a> authentication<\/a> that relies on a person’s unique voice patterns to verify their identity \u2013 often to gain access to a secure system, service, or device. For example, banks use voice authentication for telephone banking services. Clients record a voice sample stored and used to authenticate their identity in future calls.<\/p>\n
This type of authentication requires a device to capture a person’s voice accurately and voice authentication software<\/a> to recognize the unique characteristics of the voice and compare it to already-recognized patterns.<\/p>\n
Voice authentication is also known as voice biometrics, voice ID, or speaker recognition. However, it should not be confused with speech recognition, which is about recognizing what is said rather than who is saying it.<\/p>\n
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Voice authentication uses a person’s unique voice patterns for identification and access.<\/li>\n
A voice is difficult to spoof in terms of biometric comparison purposes.<\/li>\n
Voice authentication software employs liveness detection to identify synthetic voices.<\/li>\n
Advanced AI voice generators have been shown to fool voice authentication systems.<\/li>\n
Combining voice authentication with passwords or PINs improves security.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n
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\n How Voice Authentication Works<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n Active vs. Passive Voice Authentication<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n Who Uses Voice Authentication<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n Voice Authentication Security<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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\n Voice Authentication Pros & Cons<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/li>\n
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