Screen LibraryWired for speech：how voice activates and advances the human-computer relationship
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MIT Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, Mass. |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvii, 296 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0262140926 (alk. paper) : ?c 308.75 |
| Index Number: | TP11 |
| CLC: | TP11 |
| Call Number: | TP11/N265 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-269) and indexes. 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. |