voiceprint
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- noun
- /ˈvɔɪsprɪnt/
- Specialized
:
huella de voz
- This is a blackout situation, so from here on in we're using voiceprint checks for all communications.
- voiceprint matches
- confirm by voiceprint
- voiceprint analysis
Examples
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'Your line is hooked into Central on that voiceprint check, sir.'
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And you can't pass through unless your voiceprint matches the one encoded on the card.
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'Sir, we have completed your voiceprint check...'
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We'll have to have your voiceprint.'
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'On that voiceprint, sir, will you state your name and I.D.?'
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We got the voiceprint on Watts, sir.
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They've got a voiceprint on me!
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'We've completed your voiceprint check, and we have the president on the line.
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Compare it to this voiceprint taken from Sly last week.
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The computer confirmed his voiceprint ID and let him in.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Voiceprint combines voice and print: 'voice' is the sound you make and 'print' here means a 'mark' or 'pattern', like in fingerprint. So a voiceprint is a unique 'sound pattern' of your voice used to identify you.