Two words are enough to recognize the caller, if known
Generally, when we listen “Hello…” we recognize the voice of
known person (If you have not seen the caller ID in mobile). Now, scientific
study is supporting this phenomenon of recognizing person with help of minimum
words.
According to Julien Planet-Hebert from University of
Montreal, More than 99% of the time, two words are enough for people with
normal hearing to distinguish the voice of a close friend or relative amongst
other voices. He presented his finding in 18th International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences, involved playing recordings to Canadian French speakers, who
were asked to recognize on multiple trials which of the ten male voices they
heard was familiar to them. French word "Merci beaucoup" (thanks a
lot) turned out to be all they needed to hear.
So, now next time when you call some stranger & that
stranger recognize you by just one-two word, be certain of you are not stranger
to the stranger.
Link to original article: Machines have nothing on mum when it comes to listening
Link to article published Science daily: Machines have nothing on mom when it comes to listening
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