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Why
using Voice Analysis at all? Our brain is closely
monitoring our speaking process, as it is one of the most
complex muscular activities the human body can perform. Due to
this close supervision, the speech flow might be slowed a little
or fasten a little, become more or less intense, and its
frequency structure might become scattered or shifted. It's true
that in many cases we can control the way we sound, but this is
also a part of the brain involvement, trying to produce the
"output" as the brain wanted it sound. This brains activity is
also reflected in the speech waveform. But the "L.V.A"
technology doesn't care about the way your subject "sounds", in
a mater of fact, our technology try to ignore completely all the
audible information we can hear (what we say, how we say it, and
how we personally sound). We do that to provide a clean
indication of "unique" appearances in the voice that can not be
picked up by our naked ear. But the "Micro-tremors"
phenomenon was never proven to be reliable! Although this is not a
question, we hear that a lot. This maybe the place to explain in
a very simple manner: NON of our products use Micro-Tremors
analysis (like P.S.E or V.S.A). Microtremors analysis scans
frequencies between 8-12 Hz. Most of the microphones and ALL
telephone lines do not transmit or record this frequency range
at all. Nemesysco "L.V.A" technology uses a Wide-Spectrum
analysis, making use of whatever spectrum of frequencies it
receives. This feature is what makes the "L.V.A" technology one
of its kind, and allows the detection of so many different
emotions. What can I learn from my
subject's voice? By measuring and clustering
the unique appearances in the voice we can tell many things,
such as the level of "Adrenaline" in the blood (or other natural
drugs), how well both parts of the brain "agree" between
themselves, is there an internal conflict in the brain, does the
brain go into Fight-Or-Flight (Stress) mode, did the subject
want to tell us what he just did, how concentrated he is and
many more. When facing the law everybody
gets stressed. So what? True. And indeed, so what?
Our unique technology doesn't measure only stress (the result of
the Fight-Or-Flight syndrome), but tries to understand the
complete emotional structure (excitement, pain, fear, cognitive
activity and more) in each sentence your subject says. Then, the
overall analysis algorithm evaluates the minor differences in
each vocal segment from the others to reach a decision (both
textual and graphical). What are the differences between
the regular "Sense" technology and the security "L.V.A" technology? "Sense" technology is used
mostly in our semi-professional and low-end products, designed
for various commercial and personal uses, and is intended for
free-conversation that is not intimidating in any way. The
"L.V.A" technology must go beyond the free conversation pattern.
In any investigation, may it be a polygraph examination or an
ordinary questioning session, the subject knows beforehand if
and where he plans to lie. Professionals will also attempt to
use Counter-Measures to avoid being detected if they plan to
lie. The "L.V.A" technology takes all these parameters into
account, including the natural stress real subjects feel in any
investigation. Who tested the "L.V.A" technology
and where? Various governments, security
forces and Universities tested the different version of "L.V.A"
(the "TrusterPro" Technology and product) around the world. The
researches so far tried to measure the technology's ability to
detect lies and to reach an automated decision for the tested
subjects. Those tests indicate that the technology can reach a
very high accuracy level (some tests indicated it is even more
reliable than the traditional Polygraph) and assist the
investigator to reach his final analysis, but in no way can be
properly used by untrained operators. Unfortunately, non of
these governments work for us, and most of their research
results as well as their identity are usually confidential. We
respect their privacy, and we will do the same with your privacy
requests as a client. Even though, one report made by the US
Air-Force Rome Laboratories can be found in our researches page.
These researches also showed a remarkable difference between
laboratory cases (about 70% accuracy rate) and "real subject"
criminal tests (over 90%). Nemesysco welcomes any type of
research on its technologies and will assist the researchers
with whatever needed. Why should I care how the subject
is feeling or thinking? Many times in life, the
picture is not black and white. Not long ago, a president was
recorded denying "sexual relations" with a certain lady. Today,
when every thing is known - was he lying? By analyzing his
speech and monitoring his emotions, we noticed a "Low Lie
Stress" together with high embarrassment - indicating "guilt
knowledge". (Meaning: he knew he did something wrong, but found
the way to put it in words that will not make him lie). Many of
us do that every day, and so does your subject. By monitoring
the way your subjects feel, you will reach more leads, fine-tune
your questions and get to the truth faster. Knowing, for
example, that your subject invents his stories as he goes makes
your job to get his confession much easier. Can the technology be considered
as a voice-polygraph? Although one of LVA's mode of
operation is used as a voice "lie detector", we prefer to think
about our technology as an investigation focus tool. Polygraphs
have a long history, and their reliability in the hands of
professionals is proven. We suggest to use our technology for
what it was designed to do, i.e. monitor and analyze emotions -
and provide new leads in the beginning of the investigation,
making your work more efficient. Shouldn't all I care about is if
my subject is lying or not? No. Lies have a "tricky"
nature, and the truth is always in the eyes of the speaker. We
had a case in South-Africa where a man accused of man-slaughter
was almost found innocent simply because he still didn't think
that the guy he killed was human… once he showed extreme
emotional reaction to the charges and further investigated he
was recorded saying "This is not a man! It is a dog!"... The
leads for your case are hidden in your subject's emotions. God -
is always in the small details. What is a "Conversation
Atmosphere"? When the L.V.A technology is
used to analyze one conversation, an emotional baseline profile
of the subject is built based on his recorded emotional
parameters, and the rest of the vocal segments are then compared
to it to produce the analysis. The emotional profile is
typically changing due to the circumstances and the subject's
general emotion structure for that day. When we compare
different complete conversations one to another, we try to
compare their extended "emotion free" profile to learn HOW was
the subject feeling in general, and to look for anomalistic
behavior. What are the vocal parameters the
"L.V.A" technology uses? We use our own
mathematical algorithm to evaluate the PRESENCE of relatively
high frequencies, relatively low frequencies (in number of
ranges), and changes in their rate of occurrence. We do the same
operation for a number of layers in the voice, providing us with
a unique view of different emotions in different levels of
self-awareness. The human brain is indeed a remarkable system. For
more information contact us at:
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