@inproceedings{35b24abd877e47ff949f8272fdb00ce1,
title = "Designing a quality voice: An analysis of listeners' reactions to synthetic voices",
abstract = "Eight subjects listened to a set of synthetic voices reflecting a crossing of four voice qualities: head size, pitch, richness and smoothness. The listeners evaluated the voices on sixteen perceptual scales, and judged each voice's appropriateness for twenty voice-output scenarios. Factor analysis of the perceptual ratings recovered two factors, fullness and clarity. A similar analysis of the appropriateness ratings revealed three situational factors, information, entertainment and feedback. Further analyses indicated that the voice qualities associated with the three situational factors were quite different, and suggest ways to optimize voices used for a particular purpose.",
author = "Rosson, {Mary Beth} and Cecala, {A. J.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 1986 ACM.; 1986 SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1986 ; Conference date: 13-03-1986 Through 17-03-1986",
year = "1986",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1145/22627.22370",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "192--197",
editor = "Marilyn Mantei and Peter Orbeton",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 1986",
}