# ListSpeakers

Returns a list of speakers in a specified database. The action can also return information about the audio samples associated with each speaker.

Type: synchronous

Parameter | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
`audiostatus` | A Boolean value (default `false`) that specifies whether to list the audio samples for each speaker. | No
`database` | The name of the speaker database to query. | Yes
`identifier` | A comma-separated list of identifiers to specify the speakers to list. If you do not set this parameter, Media Server lists all of the speakers in the specified database. | No
`metadata` | A Boolean value (default false) that specifies whether to return the metadata associated with each speaker. | No

## Example

The following example lists the speakers in the `news` database.

    /action=ListSpeakers&database=news
                        &audiostatus=true
                        &metadata=true

## Response

The following XML is an example response:

    <autnresponse>
      <action>LISTSPEAKERS</action>
      <response>SUCCESS</response>
      <responsedata>
        <speaker>
            <identifier>newsreader</identifier>
            <numTrainAudio>1</numTrainAudio>
            <numDevelAudio>1</numDevelAudio>
            <metadata>
              <item>
                <key>category</key>
                <value>newsreaders</value>
              </item>
            </metadata>
            <audio>
              <label>665769c6de52a612b5de1ea4a8f1f1aa</label>
              <training>true</training>
            </audio>
            <audio>
              <label>4a66aab4aace4ae39bbf1c5ffdaee33e</label>
              <training>false</training>
            </audio>
            <modelBuilt>Yes</modelBuilt>
            <thresholdType>Automatic</thresholdType>
            <estimationBias>0.3</estimationBias>
            <threshold>34</threshold>
        </speaker>
        ...
      </responsedata>
    </autnresponse>

The response can include the following information for each speaker:

- `identifier` - The identifier for the speaker.
- `numTrainAudio` - The number of audio samples that have been added to train the speaker model.
- `numDevelAudio` - The number of audio samples that have been added to estimate speaker thresholds.
- `metadata` - Custom metadata that you have added to the speaker using the action AddSpeakerMetadata. To see the metadata you must set the action parameter `metadata` to `TRUE`.
- `modelBuilt` - Specifies whether the speaker model has been built. To build a model for a speaker, use the action BuildSpeaker. To build models for all speakers, use the action BuildAllSpeakers.
- `audio` - Each `audio` element describes an audio sample that is associated with the speaker. This information is only present in the response when you set `audiostatus=true`. The `label` element provides the label for the audio sample. The `training` element indicates whether the audio sample was added for training (`true`) or for estimating speaker thresholds (`false`).
- `threshold` (only present if the threshold has been set) - the threshold that is used to distinguish between a match to this speaker and an unknown speaker.
- `thresholdType` (only present if the threshold has been set) - describes how the speaker threshold was calculated. If the threshold was set by running the action EstimateAllSpeakerThresholds or EstimateSpeakerThreshold, this element contains the value `Automatic`. If the threshold was set manually by running the action SetSpeakerThreshold, this element contains the value `Manual`.
- `estimationBias` (only present if the threshold was set automatically) - the value used for the `bias` parameter when the speaker threshold was calculated with the action EstimateAllSpeakerThresholds or EstimateSpeakerThreshold.

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