SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A SPEAKER

A method identifies a particular speaker from among a set of speakers via a computer that includes a computer memory in which voice signatures, each associated with one of the speakers in the set, are stored. The method includes acquiring a voice signal produced by the particular speaker, constructing a new voice signature in accordance with the voice signal, comparing the new voice signature with at least one of the voice signatures stored in the computer memory, and identifying the particular speaker in accordance with the result of the comparison. The method also includes, before the constructing, generating a complete signal that includes the voice signal and at least one predetermined extension signal. Accordingly, the constructing also includes, constructing the new voice signature in accordance also with each extension signal.