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Stealth lie detector measures stress levels over the phone
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Special to World Tribune.com
GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT.COM
Friday, March 16, 2007
TEL AVIV — An Israeli company has developed a lie detector that could be used on the phone.
BATM Advanced Communications is marketing a lie detector that could work over broadband and Internet phone. Executives said businessmen who deal with unseen clients could use the system.
The system, manufactured by BATM's subsidiary, KishKish, monitors in real time stress levels in a speaker's voice. The system, released in December 2006 and based on voice stress analysis technology, alerts users when these levels rise, a possible indication of dishonesty.
BATM chief executive Zvi Marom said the company has tested the product in the market by offering it free through both KishKish and Skype.
Marom said the system calibrates the speaker's voice for 10 seconds before determining stress levels.
"We can measure lots of parameters of the voice that normally no one else can measure," Marom told the Israel21c website. "We can measure tension, change in amplitude and density of voice."
Marom said insurance companies have tested KishKish and claimed the software can detect falsehood regardless of the speaker's language or culture.
"They were extremely satisfied with the results which showed a 95 to 98 percent accuracy rate," Marom said.
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