34.2065, Qs: Perception Study: Vocal Attractiveness in Synthetic Voices

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LINGUIST List: Vol-34-2065. Wed Jun 28 2023. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 34.2065, Qs: Perception Study: Vocal Attractiveness in Synthetic Voices

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Date: 28-Jun-2023
From: Florina Zülli [florina.zuelli at uzh.ch]
Subject: Perception Study: Vocal Attractiveness in Synthetic Voices


Dear students, collegues and fellow linguists

In this brief survey (2-3 minutes), I aim to determine which
artificial voices humans perceive as likable and which ones they do
not.

Voice research suggests a hypothesis that voices within a certain
frequency range are automatically perceived as more likable. Now, I
would like to test whether the same hypothesis holds true for
synthetic voices. If proven, this will provide valuable insights into
how voices for future TTS-models, voice assistants, and similar
technologies should sound in order to enhance human-machine
communication.

https://findmind.ch/c/vocal_attraction

Thank you very much for your participation!

Please feel free to share the survey as well.

Best,

Florina Zülli

Linguistic Field(s): Psycholinguistics




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