voice identification device theme

also known as: speaker recognition device

A device which can identify a speaker merely from a recording of their voice and to some extent understand what is being said. This was sci-fi in the 60s. This was pure sci-fi in the 60s but is by-and-by becoming more of a reality.

Examples

Gary Seven's computer in tos2x26 "Assignment: Earth" recognized its owner's voice.

5 total · 5 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
movie: The Fly (1986) minor Seth Brundle used a computer that accepted voice commands.
shortstory: Sub-Satellite (1928) minor A photograph of the vibrations of Dr. Jarvis' voice was used to identify him as having sent an audio transmission from the Moon.
tos1x12 minor Anton's voice matched that of Kodos
tos1x23 minor Kirk's message a fake
tos2x26 minor Gary's computer