Presentation 2001/10/9
Effects of"Gender" of Computer-Generated Speech on Credibility Perception
Yasunori MORISHIMA, Clifford NASS, Courtney BENNETT, Kwan Min LEE,
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Abstract(in English) The present study examines how the "gender" of computer-generated speech affects the user's perception of credibility of information. In particular, the experiment tested the interaction between the gender of computer speech and the gender marking of the description. The results showed that when the gender of TTS voice matched the gender of product, credibility of the product description increased. Likewise, credibility was greater when the voice gender matched that of the user. These results were consistent with the Computers Are Social Actors (CASA) paradigm. Despite the fact that Unnatural characteristics of pronunciation and prosody clearly mark TTS to be non-human, individuals seem to apply social rules associated with the gender assignment.
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Keyword(in English) Text-to-Speech(TTS) / Speech interfaces / Gender / Computers are social actors(CASA)
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Title (in English) Effects of"Gender" of Computer-Generated Speech on Credibility Perception
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Keyword(1) Text-to-Speech(TTS)
Keyword(2) Speech interfaces
Keyword(3) Gender
Keyword(4) Computers are social actors(CASA)
1st Author's Name Yasunori MORISHIMA
1st Author's Affiliation Omron Advanced Systems()
2nd Author's Name Clifford NASS
2nd Author's Affiliation Department of Communication, Stanford University
3rd Author's Name Courtney BENNETT
3rd Author's Affiliation Department of Communication, Stanford University
4th Author's Name Kwan Min LEE
4th Author's Affiliation Department of Communication, Stanford University
Date 2001/10/9
Paper # TL2001-16
Volume (vol) vol.101
Number (no) 349
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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