Customer demand for a simple, unobtrusive form of authentication has prompted Somerset Trust Co. to pilot a voice-based biometric solution.

The Somerset, Pa.-based bank, a family-owned institution with more than $425 million of assets, is the first financial institution to pilot a solution from New Hope, Pa.- based VoiceVerified that harnesses the unique characteristics of the human voice to create the vocal equivalent of a fingerprint. (Read the rest of this article)

NEW HOPE, PA – July 28, 2006 – VoiceVerified, a provider of voice verification technology for protecting identity and privacy, will exhibit and offer a presentation at SpeechTek East 2006, from August 7-10 in New York, N.Y. The annual conference will highlight the latest in speech technologies for a wide variety of applications. On Aug. 8, Dave Shoemaker, senior vice president for VoiceVerified, will participate in a panel discussion titled “Security and Biometrics: Into the Future – Critical Trends in Speaker Authentication.” Shoemaker will discuss multi-SIV authentication. (Read the rest of this article)