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1. "Ah ee ooh"

Reply to doublethink (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 12:44 AM

Dec 23

A college friend who was a linguist used to leave this as an answering machine message, claiming those 3 vowel sounds were all you needed to hear to uniquely recognize a voice. So it was her shorthand for "you know who this is, please call me back."

It worked, though hardly a fair test as all her friends knew that only she would leave a message like that!

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A.I. only needs 3 seconds to hear your voice and replicate it. [View all] doublethink Dec 23 OP

"Ah ee ooh" unblock Dec 23 #1

A few years back, I read that voice recognition could be used for security protocols. John1956PA Dec 23 #2

Probably can replicate the tone with a 3 second sample, but there's no way it would fool someone who knows you well AZJonnie Dec 23 #3

And what if it's somebody legit calling you back about something about your medical care? raccoon Dec 23 #4