Audio Forensic
With the advent of technology in the modern world, the crime has become high-tech. This has led to various forms of digital evidences being submitted in the court of law. Audio is one such crucial evidence which is being submitted in the court of law in many criminal or civil cases. But such evidence requires due authentication and verification that has given rise to Audio Forensic which deals with Forensic Audio Authentication.
At times, some audio recordings are retrieved from some crime scene or in legal proceedings, the legal parties claim to have voice recording as an evidence or proof to substantiate the burden of proof. However, such audio recordings need to be authenticated after forensic examination by an expert to be admissible in the court of law to prove their genuineness.
Connectel Security Systems Private Ltd. offers forensic analysis of audio recordings/evidences thereby providing forensic audio authentication of such recordings making them reliable evidences admissible in the court of law.
Here at the Connectel Security Systems Private Ltd., a staff of skilled forensic experts with high-tech digital tools perform forensic analysis of the audio evidences. After acquisition of audio recording, the audio forensic experts perform various audio forensic techniques to check for any tampering or manipulations in the recording.
HOW TO AUTHENTICATE AN AUDIO RECORDING
Being an NABL accredited laboratory, our audio forensic experts follow the best practices for forensic audio authentication analysis.
Being the only NABL accredited (Government notified) forensic laboratory in the private sector, our reports are admissible in the Indian Court of Law in the same category followed by the Government FSL’s who are accredited by NABL Authority. Further, we provide 65B certificate for admissibility of electronic evidence under Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Our forensic experts are skilled and can testify in Indian courts withstanding their Forensic Examination Reports to provide Expert Opinion under Section 45 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
In audio evidences, many times the question arises about the identity of the speaker. At times there are cases in which a speaker in an audio recording is known but the same person denies the fact of being the speaker. Other than this, many a times the speaker in the audio recording is unknown and his/her identification is required. In such cases the speaker identification becomes necessary. To do so, the specimen voice sample(s) is/are compared with the disputed voice sample(s) to reveal the identity of the speaker solely on the basis of his/her speech.
The speaker identification services of Connectel Security Systems Private Ltd. provide forensic examination of disputed voice sample(s) and specimen voice sample(s) in order to identify the speaker of the disputed voice sample(s). Here, the forensic experts perform both aural as well as spectrographic analysis of the voice samples thereby establishing the individuality of the speaker.
The voice samples are collected by maintaining the proper chain of custody to keep the transparency and credibility of the whole forensic examination process. The voice samples are then thoroughly assessed by the audio forensic experts for its quality with due consideration of the scope of the case. The voice samples are properly analysed by the audio forensic experts aurally and by using spectrographic techniques. The observations and result are documented and a report is generated on its basis by the audio forensic expert which is admissible in the Court of law.
Being the only NABL accredited (Government notified) forensic laboratory in the private sector, our reports are admissible in the Indian Court of Law in the same category followed by the Government FSL’s who are accredited by NABL Authority. Further, we provide 65B certificate for admissibility of electronic evidence under Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Our forensic experts are skilled and can testify in Indian courts withstanding their Forensic Examination Reports to provide Expert Opinion under Section 45 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Forensic Audio Transcription scientifically observe the words spoken in the audio/video recordings and interpret the dialogues thereby obtaining the forensic transcripts so as to identify what is being said. It involves forensic audio enhancement, i.e., the removal of any unwanted background sounds or noises and enhancing the required and intelligible sounds or conversations/dialogues to listen to them clearly and transcribing them efficiently.
Here at the Connectel Security Systems Private Ltd., the audio forensic experts perform Forensic Audio Transcription by first filtering out all the unwanted sounds or noises and amplifying and/or enhancing the concerned audio by using various specialised hardware and software tools. Our audio forensic experts also enhance as well as transcribe an audio from a video recording.
The audio/video recordings are collected by maintaining the proper chain of custody to keep the transparency and credibility of the whole forensic examination process. The audio/video evidences are then thoroughly assessed by the audio forensic experts for its quality with due consideration of the scope of the case. The audio evidence is filtered and enhanced with the use of specialised digital tools for increasing clarity and proper transcription by the audio forensic experts. The observations and result are documented and a report is generated on its basis by the audio forensic expert which is admissible in the Court of law.
Being the only NABL accredited (Government notified) forensic laboratory in the private sector, our reports are admissible in the Indian Court of Law in the same category followed by the Government FSL’s who are accredited by NABL Authority. Further, we provide 65B certificate for admissibility of electronic evidence under Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Our forensic experts are skilled and can testify in Indian courts withstanding their Forensic Examination Reports to provide Expert Opinion under Section 45 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.