Distributed Discussion Diarisation

Pascal Bissig, Klaus-Tycho Förster, Simon Tanner, Roger Wattenhofer

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Abstract

In this paper we present Disca, a tool to analyze discussions in terms of which person is speaking at what time.
We rely on a set of smartphones collaborating in detecting the most likely speaker at every given moment in real time.
Each pair of smartphones observes a time difference of arrival pattern that is caused by the location of the different participants.
The set of observations between all pairs of smartphones is then used to identify speakers on-line.
To achieve this, clock differences and clock drifts between devices are estimated and compensated.
Ultimately, participants are found by clustering time difference of arrival measurements which are unique for distinct speakers.
We implement the system as an Android application and show that for more than 90% of time windows the correct speaker can be identified.
To cope with heterogeneous hardware of Android smartphones, the computational burden is dynamically distributed among all participating smartphones according to their performance.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2017 14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)
Number of pages6
PublisherIEEE
Publication date20 Jul 2017
Pages1032-1037
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference  - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 8 Jan 201711 Jan 2017
Conference number: 14
http://ccnc2017.ieee-ccnc.org/content/technical-sessions

Conference

Conference14th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference 
Number14
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period08/01/201711/01/2017
Internet address

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