Effects of synthetic speech, gender, and perceived similarity on attitudes toward the augmented communicator

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-91

  Gorenflo, Daniel W ^a,c   Gorenflo, Carole W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Augmentative communication; Similarity; Synthetic speech

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; LEARNING AIDS FOR HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ATTITUDES TOWARD NONSPEAKING PERSONS SCALE (ATNP); AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION; VOICE OUTPUT COMMUNICATION AID (VOCA);

SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031169046     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07434619712331277878     Document Type: Article

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