Virtual patients: Assessment of synthesized versus recorded speech

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2006, Pages 114-119

  Dickerson, Robert ^a   Johnsen, Kyle ^a   Raij, Andrew ^a   Lok, Benjamin ^a   Stevens, Amy ^b   Bernard, Thomas ^c   Lind, D Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Synthesized speech; Virtual patients

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COMMUNICATION SKILLS; MEDICAL STUDENTS; SYNTHESIZED SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; USER STUDY; VIRTUAL HUMANS; VIRTUAL PATIENTS;

SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RECORDING; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33645731308     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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