Persuasion and social perception of human vs. synthetic voice across person as source and computer as source conditions

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-52

  Stern, Steven E ^a   Mullennix, John W ^a   Yaroslavsky, Ilya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human factors; Ingroup outgroup; Speech technology; Talking computers

Indexed keywords

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

HUMAN FACTORS; INGROUP/OUTGROUP; SPEECH TECHNOLOGY; TALKING COMPUTERS;

SPEECH RECOGNITION;

EID: 27944500254     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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