audio evidence
Tape from wiretaps
Audio evidence is sound recordings presented to support claims or establish facts, typically in legal proceedings: The prosecution introduced audio evidence of the phone call.
This includes 911 calls, surveillance recordings, voicemails, and wiretaps.
Courts evaluate authenticity and chain of custody before admitting audio evidence.
The term also appears in journalism and research contexts where recorded sound documents events.
- recordingCaptured audio or video
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- tapeAdhesive strip on roll
- witnessOne who attests
- transcriptVerbatim written account
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- voice analysisvoice quality, voiceprint, voice match, vocal range, voice clarity
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Seen material supporting claims
photographic evidence · video evidence · documentary evidence · written evidence · photographs
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Tangible items proving facts
material evidence · eyewitness testimony · testimonial evidence · forensic evidence · DNA evidence
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