10 In this paper, we describe an efficient method of de-identification of speech 11 such that the... more 10 In this paper, we describe an efficient method of de-identification of speech 11 such that the transformation from the source speech is furthest away from 12 the source features, yet fully intelligible. We have designed a speaker ID 13 system that is 91.8% accurate in identifying 20 utterances spoken by 30 14 speakers 23 standard American newsreaders, 5 speakers from the CMU 15 Arctic database, and 2 native Indian speakers. We then de-identify these 16 voices using voice conversion such that the speaker ID system trained to 17 correctly identify these speakers gets confused when presented with the de18 identified voices as input. 19 20 1 Introduction 21 Telephonic dialogues are a popular means of information retrieval. However, they are also a 22 hidden channel for the invasion of the end-users' privacy. Companies could maintain records 23 of what the users said, without their consent or knowledge. For example, recorded 24 conversations between doctors and patients could pote...
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