| Description |
xvii, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
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Wired for speech : activating the human-computer relationship -- Gender of voices : making interfaces male or female -- Gender stereotyping of voices : sex is everywhere -- Personality of voices : similars attract -- Personality of voices and words : multiple personalities are dangerous -- Accents, race, and ethnicity : it's who you are, not what you look like -- User emotion and voice emotion : talking cars should know their drivers -- Voice and content emotions : why voice interfaces need acting lessons -- When are many voices better than one? : people differentiate synthetic voices -- Should voice interfaces say "I"? : recorded and synthetic voice interfaces' claims to humanity -- Synthetic versus recorded voices and faces : don't look the look if you can't talk the talk -- Mixing synthetic and recorded voices : when "better" is worse -- Communication contexts : the effects of type of input on user behaviors and attitudes -- Misrecognition : to err is interface; to blame, complex -- Conclusion : from listening to and talking at to speaking with. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-269) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Automatic speech recognition.
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Automatic speech recognition. |
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Computer software -- Human factors.
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Computer software -- Human factors. |
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User interfaces (Computer systems)
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User interfaces (Computer systems) |
| Added Author |
Brave, Scott.
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| ISBN |
0262140926 alkaline paper |
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