Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Human voice and speech behviour.
External positions
Visiting Professor, University of York St John
Apr 2019 → …
Professorial Fellow and Executive Board Member, University of Zurich
Mar 2019 → …
Visiting Professor of Forensic Speech Science, The University of Huddersfield
2016 → …
Chair, Home Office Forensic Science Regulator's Committee for Forensic Speech and Audio
2013 → …
Chairman, J P French Associates Forensic Speech and Acoustics Laboratory
1989 → …
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Speaker-specificity in speech production: the contribution of source and filter
Hughes, V., Cardoso, A. B., Foulkes, P., French, P., Harrison, P. & Gully, A., 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Phonetics. 97, 15 p., 101224.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the effects of accent-mismatched reference population databases on the performance of an automatic speaker recognition system
Watt, D., Harrison, P., Hughes, V., French, P., Llamas, C., Braun, A. & Robertson, D., 27 Aug 2020, In: International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. 27, 1, p. 1-34 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of formant settings and channel mismatch on semi-automatic systems in forensic voice comparison
Hughes, V., Harrison, P. T., Foulkes, P., French, J. P. & Gully, A. J., 2020, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). p. 3080-3084Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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The use and utility of localised speech forms in determining identity
Llamas, C., French, P., Watt, D. & French, P.
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC)
4/01/16 → 2/07/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Voice and Identity: source, filter, biometric
Foulkes, P., French, P., Harrison, P., Hughes, V. & San Segundo Fernandez, E.
1/02/15 → 11/09/19
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Modelling features for forensic speaker comparison
Foulkes, P., French, P., Gold, E. A., Harrison, P. & Hughes, V.
1/06/13 → 31/05/15
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
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Analysing the effect of language on speaker-specific speech rhythm in Cantonese-English bilinguals
Adas Li (Speaker), Peter French (Speaker), Volker Dellwo (Speaker) & Eleanor Chodroff (Speaker)
Feb 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Voice and identity: applications and limitations of the voice as a biometric
Colleen Kavanagh (Speaker), Paul Foulkes (Speaker), Vincent Hughes (Speaker), John Peter French (Speaker) & Philip Thomas Harrison (Speaker)
2 Oct 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
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Lifetime Achievement Award for services to forensic phonetics, Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics,
French, Peter (Recipient), 2018
Prize: National/international honour
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Honorary Life Membership of The International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics
French, Peter (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour