On Mon Feb 10th 15 AES members squeezed into one of several forensic audio studios at Victoria Police’s McLeod Forensic Science Centre.
Forensic Officer Jason Ferridge welcomed the group & introduced his colleague Dean Catoggio.
He explained that the studios had been in place for almost 20 years, and then went on to describe the room’s acoustic design.
Jason and Dean then described the type of work handled by the Forensic Audio/Video section, explaining that it was exclusively speech with the goal to ultimately make the speech easily intelligible, for transcription by others, and playback in a courtroom environment. Continue reading “Meeting Report February 2014: Visit to Vic Police Forensic Audio Studio”