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Concatenated Voice Personality


Lab experiment, Stanford University, Omron, and ATR Kyoto, 2000-2001


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This study asked whether vocal personality cues (extroversion and introversion) would be preserved when human speech of the respective quality was converted to concatenated speech. Furthermore, it examined whether subjects would prefer a positive message to be read by the extroverted voice and a somber message to be communicated by the introverted voice, or whether there was a general preference for one concatenated voice over the other. Results indicated that personality cues were preserved in concatenation, and users demonstrated a preference for voice-message consistency.

 
© Eva Jettmar 2004