Selection of a voice for a speech signal for personalized warnings: The effect of speaker's gender and voice pitch

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 3592-3598

  MacHado, Sheron ^a   Duarte, Emília ^a,b   Teles, Júlia ^a   Reis, Lara ^b   Rebelo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIDCOM IADE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Auditory warnings; speaker's gender; speech signal; voice pitch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859856441     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0670-3592     Document Type: Conference Paper

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