June 21, 2005

Voice Expert's Report on the Alleged PGMAs

 A NEW Jersey-based voice expert tapped by former Sen. Francisco Tatad to evaluate the supposedly wiretapped conversations between Elections Commissioner Virgilio O. Garcillano and President Arroyo has found similarities in their voices in the controversial recordings and the voice samples Tatad’s group had collected and sent to the U.S.

Ernst F. S. Alexanderson, president of Voice Identification Inc., also said certain recorded segments of the telephone conversations are “contiguous, uninterrupted and unaltered” and “appear to be legitimate reproductions of the original telephone calls.”

Alexanderson’s findings are contained in two letters dated last June 3 and 9 and addressed to lawyer Felix Carao of the Saguisag Carao Law Office.

The American voice expert said he needed to do more comparisons “to find enough evidence to be convincing and conclusive.”  But Tatad said a Filipino voice expert told his group that Alexanderson’s findings are sufficient to conclude that the voices in the recordings are those of the President and Garcillano.

On Mrs. Arroyo, Alexanderson said in his June 3 letter, “An aural comparison to the cassette recording of Macapagal-Arroyo indicated a strong similarity in the sounds of the voices, suggesting it was the same speaker.”

On Garcillano, he said in his June 9 communication, “Our aural comparison indicated a similarity in the voices. Of particular interest to us was the ‘s’ sounds, in which both known and unknown ‘Gary’ spoke with a lisp (a speech impediment).”

Alexanderson, a certified voiceprint examiner, is said to have analyzed about 250 cases involving voiceprint comparison and trained about 100 law enforcement personnel in voice identification.  He is also said to have taken part in research studies involving aspects of identification such as limited frequency response, disguised voices, electronically altered voices, mimics and family members.
 
As a voice identification expert, Alexanderson is regularly tapped as a court witness in the District of Columbia. He is listed in expertpages.com, the leading Internet directory on expert witnesses and consultants. His company, Voice Identification Inc., produces sound spectographs for use in forensic voice identification and for use in the speech field.

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June 20, 2005

"Hello Garci?" Ringtone

Here, we're posting another 'Hello Garci' ringtone version made available via RapidShare and a set of jokes we've compiled so far as a rejoinder to Uniquely Pinoy Humor.

You may visit the following mirror site to download "Hello Garci?" Ringtone:

Mirror 1:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (352 KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (193 KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (124.1 KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (72.1 KB)

Mirror 2:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Mirror 3:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Mirror 4:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

To save, right-click on the file and click save as.

Courtesy of Computer Professionals' Union, Yuga, PinoyBlog, Ploghost and Gazette Philippines.

Links to the entire tape are at the PCIJ blog.

How do I put it in my phone?

1. Download your choice by clicking any or all of the files.

2. Transfer the downloaded file(s) from the computer to your phone using either an infrared connection, parallel cellphone cable or a USB-to-phone cable.

3. Once transferred to your phone, the sound file may be used as ringtone for calls or text messages.

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