Automatic estimation of age range through voice signal processing

• Grant number: 16/18700-7
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Partnership for Technological Innovation - PITE
• Start date: September 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Agreement: IBM Brasil
• Principal Investigator: Ivandro Sanches
• Grantee: Ivandro Sanches
• Host Institution: Centro Universitário FEI (UNIFEI). Campus de São Bernardo do Campo. São Bernardo do Campo , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Bernardo do Campo
• Company: IBM Brasil - Indústria, Máquinas e Serviços Ltda
• Company city: Rio de Janeiro

Abstract

The knowledge of the age of a person can be important information in certain contexts. A user interface, for example a robot or telephone application may interact differently depending on the estimated age of the user. Safety aspects may be improved, for example, when it is detected that a child is using a certain answering system. Recently, age estimation was proposed by the analysis of the image of the face of a person. This proposal aims to study and understand the effectiveness of the speech signal to be used as a reliable source for the automatic estimation of the age range of a speaker. (AU)