The growing popularity of speech interfaces goes hand in hand with the creation of synthetic
voices that sound ever more human. Previous research has been inconclusive about …

Societies rely on trustworthy communication in order to function, and the need for trust
clearly extends to human-machine communication. Therefore, it is essential to design …

We know there is something special about speech. Our voices are not just a means of
communicating. They also give a deep impression of who we are and what we might know …

Theories on social learning indicate that imitative choices are usually performed whenever
copying the others' behaviour has no additional cost. Here, we extended such investigations …

This paper presents an exploratory study investigating the impact of non-native accented
speech on the perception of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs). In an online study, native …

Despite the fact that mixed-cultural backgrounds become of increasing importance in our
daily life, the representation of multiple cultural backgrounds in one entity is still rare in …

Following the success of the first edition of Robo-Identity, the second edition will provide an
opportunity to expand the discussion about artificial identity. This year, we are focusing on …

There is a reciprocal relationship between trust and vocal communication in human
interactions. On one hand, a predisposition towards trust is necessary for communication to …

When presented with voices, we make rapid, automatic judgements of social traits such as
trustworthiness—and such judgements are highly consistent across listeners. However, it …

Prosodic information is known to play a role in personality attributions, such as judgements
of trustworthiness. Research so far has focused on assessing the determinants of such …