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Handbook of Forensic Services (pdf) - FBI

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<strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>of</strong> Forens c Serv ces 2007<br />

Audio Examinations<br />

Aud o exam nat ons are conducted by the <strong>FBI</strong>’s<br />

Operat onal Technology D v s on (OTD), D g tal<br />

Ev dence Laboratory (DEL), Forens c Aud o,<br />

V deo, and Image Analys s Un t (FAVIAU). The<br />

OTD DEL has d fferent acceptance cr ter a and a<br />

d fferent phys cal address than the <strong>FBI</strong> Laboratory,<br />

as descr bed below.<br />

Authenticity<br />

Authent c ty exam nat ons are conducted to<br />

determ ne whether aud o record ngs are or g nal,<br />

cont nuous, unaltered, and cons stent w th the<br />

operat on <strong>of</strong> the record ng dev ce used to make<br />

the record ng.<br />

Enhancement<br />

Enhancement exam nat ons are conducted to<br />

select vely reduce nterfer ng no se on aud o<br />

record ngs to mprove the ntell g b l ty.<br />

Voice Comparisons<br />

Spectrograph c exam nat ons compare an<br />

unknown recorded vo ce sample w th a known<br />

verbat m vo ce exemplar produced on a s m lar<br />

transm ss on-and-record ng dev ce such as the<br />

telephone. Dec s ons regard ng spectrograph c<br />

vo ce compar sons are not conclus ve. The results<br />

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