Meeting speaker diarization & speaker analysis: complete guide
Speaker analysis turns a meeting recording into a structured profile of who spoke, how much, how, and with what impact. It's the foundation of any serious people analytics on meeting behaviour.
What speaker analysis is
Automatic analysis of meeting participation: distinguishes speakers, measures talk time and turns, qualifies how each one communicates.
What diarisation is
Foundational step: splits audio into segments per voice, labelling "Speaker 1, 2, 3..." even without knowing names. Once labelled, speakers can be mapped to real names.
Typical per-speaker metrics
- Total and percentage talk time
- Number of interventions
- Average intervention length
- Average sentiment
- Main topics covered
- Interruptions given and received
- Dominance index
Meeting speaker analysis: the practical guide
What speaker analysis is
Speaker analysis is the set of techniques that, starting from a meeting transcript, produces a structured profile per participant: talk time, communication style, sentiment, topics, dominance.
Diarisation: step one
Speaker diarisation is the automatic process that splits audio into per-voice segments: "Speaker 1 talks 0:00–0:42, Speaker 2 talks 0:42–1:18..." even without knowing who they are. Once labelled, speakers can be mapped to real names.
Without diarisation, any per-person metric is impossible.
Extractable metrics
- Talk time: In seconds and as a % of the total meeting.
- Number of turns: How often each one took the floor.
- Average length: Short and frequent vs long and rare interventions.
- Sentiment: Average tone per speaker.
- Topics: What each one spoke about.
- Interruptions: Who interrupts whom.
- Dominance: Composite index of time + interruptions.
Use cases
- •Leadership coaching: is the manager speaking 80% of the time? Worth knowing.
- •Team balance: measure actual participation.
- •Sales: customer call analysis, talk-to-listen ratio.
- •HR: participation patterns in team meetings.
- •Recruiting: dynamics of group interviews.
Frequently asked questions
What is speaker analysis?
The automatic analysis of who spoke, how much, how, and with what impact in a meeting, based on a transcript with diarisation.
What is speaker diarisation?
The process that splits audio into segments per speaker, identifying "who speaks when" even when names are not known a priori.
What metrics does it provide?
Talk time per person, number of interventions, average length, sentiment per speaker, topics covered, interruptions, dominance index.
What is it for in a company?
Measuring participation balance, dominance, coaching on leadership and listening, evaluating team meetings.
How does TANYRA do it?
Upload the recording. TANYRA runs diarisation, identifies speakers, computes per-person metrics and produces profiles comparable across meetings.
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