Linguistic analysis of human-computer interaction
G Zellou, N Holliday - Frontiers in Computer Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
This article reviews recent literature investigating speech variation in production and
comprehension during spoken language communication between humans and devices …
comprehension during spoken language communication between humans and devices …
A large-scale user study of an Alexa prize chatbot: Effect of TTS dynamism on perceived quality of social dialog
This study tests the effect of cognitive-emotional expression in an Alexa text-to-speech (TTS)
voice on users' experience with a social dialog system. We systematically introduced …
voice on users' experience with a social dialog system. We systematically introduced …
Extracting and predicting word-level style variations for speech synthesis
This paper proposes a speech synthesis method based on unsupervisedly-learned fine-
grained style representations, named word-level style variations (WSVs), in order to improve …
grained style representations, named word-level style variations (WSVs), in order to improve …
Listener beliefs and perceptual learning: Differences between device and human guises
Listeners have a remarkable ability to adapt to novel speech patterns, such as a new accent
or an idiosyncratic pronunciation. In almost all of the previous studies examining this …
or an idiosyncratic pronunciation. In almost all of the previous studies examining this …
[HTML][HTML] Partial compensation for coarticulatory vowel nasalization across concatenative and neural text-to-speech
This study investigates the perception of coarticulatory vowel nasality generated using
different text-to-speech (TTS) methods in American English. Experiment 1 compared …
different text-to-speech (TTS) methods in American English. Experiment 1 compared …
[PDF][PDF] Top-down effects of apparent humanness on vocal alignment toward human and device interlocutors.
Humans are now regularly speaking to voice-activated artificially intelligent (voice-AI)
assistants. Yet, our understanding of the cognitive mechanisms at play during speech …
assistants. Yet, our understanding of the cognitive mechanisms at play during speech …
Improving HMM speech synthesis of interrogative sentences by pitch track transformations
Modeling interrogative sentence prosody is a challenging task due to the significant
variation of questions. Prosody is produced by intonation, intensity and duration features …
variation of questions. Prosody is produced by intonation, intensity and duration features …
[PDF][PDF] Perceptual Adaptation to Device and Human Voices: Learning and Generalization of a Phonetic Shift Across Real and Voice-AI Talkers.
Voice-activated artificially-intelligent digital devices are a new type of interlocutor. Like for
human talkers, they have idiosyncratic speech patterns that require listeners to perceptually …
human talkers, they have idiosyncratic speech patterns that require listeners to perceptually …
Identity Disclosure and Anthropomorphism in Voice Chatbot Design: A Field Experiment
Fueled by the widespread adoption of algorithms and artificial intelligence (AI), the use of
chatbots has become increasingly popular in various business contexts. In this paper, we …
chatbots has become increasingly popular in various business contexts. In this paper, we …
[PDF][PDF] Generation of pitch curves for Macedonian text-to-speech synthesis
B Gerazov, Z Ivanovski - 6th Forum Acusticum, Aalborg, Denmark, 2011 - researchgate.net
The paper presents in detail the pitch curve generation algorithm, developed for
Macedonian textto-speech (TTS) synthesis. The algorithm is part of the prosody generation …
Macedonian textto-speech (TTS) synthesis. The algorithm is part of the prosody generation …