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Glossary

Pitch jitter

How much the period between vocal-cord vibrations varies from cycle to cycle. Real human voices always have a little; near-zero jitter is a synthetic-speech tell.

Amplitude shimmer

How much the loudness of consecutive vocal cycles varies. Like jitter, natural speech has irregular shimmer driven by breath and glottal noise.

Spectral flatness

A measure of how 'peaky' (tonal, formant-rich) versus 'flat' (noise-like) a sound's frequency spectrum is.

Trust Meter

The single, color-graded 0-100 score that fuses the voice-authenticity and conversation-risk signals.

Safe Word

A private phrase you register in advance with your family, used to verify a caller's identity if a call turns risky.

Family Circle

An opt-in feature that notifies a trusted contact if a call crosses a high-risk threshold.