Designing acoustic and non-acoustic parameters of synthesized speech warnings to control perceived urgency

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-223

  Jang, Phil Sik ^a  

^a Daebul University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnitude estimation; Perceived urgency; Synthesized speech; Warning design

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAFETY DEVICES; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH COMMUNICATION;

ACOUSTIC CHANGES; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; PERCEIVED URGENCY; SYNTHESIZED SPEECH; WARNING DESIGN;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE;

EID: 33846782921     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.10.018     Document Type: Article

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