| EPSRC Reference: |
EP/I013512/1 |
| Title: |
The Creative Speech Technology Network |
| Principal Investigator: |
Edwards, Dr ADN |
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| Department: |
Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
University of York |
| Scheme: |
Network |
| Starts: |
01 March 2011 |
Ends: |
28 February 2013 |
Value (£): |
52,518
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Human Communication in ICT |
Human-Computer Interactions |
| Vision & Senses - ICT appl. |
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| No relevance to Underpinning Sectors |
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| Panel History: |
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13 Oct 2010
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ICT Prioritisation Panel (Oct 2010)
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Announced
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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People are increasingly expected in every-day like to interact with synthetic voices. These encounters are often not very satisfactory. The suggestion is that a major reason for this is that these voices do not sound 'right'. Synthetic voices have improved greatly in recent years in that they sound more human-like. Yet there remain two (conflicting) problems: On the one hand they are still not entirely human-like; most people spot the fact that they are listening to synthesizer within a few words.At the same time, even if it were possible to re-create a perfectly human-sounding voice, it would convey the wrong associations for what are computer-generated utterances. The computer does not have all of the other attributes of a person, such as intelligence, a sense of humour, empathy etc. Put another way, a computer voice should sound like a computer voice. The question is: how should that sound?The objective of this network is to bring together people who know about (human) voices and how to use and manipulate them - from an artistic background - with technicians who know how to generate synthetic voices. By establishing and developing a language through which these disparate people can communicate, it will be possible to create new voices for specific purposes. The focus of the work will be on creating artistically inspired artefacts which will challenge the potentials of synthetic voice production. Those artefacts will also be used to disseminate the results of the work - to expose it to members of the public. This will share the results of the research as well as allowing the final evaluation of the voices to be given to the people who matter - those who have to put up with this kind of interaction on a daily basis.
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| Project URL: |
crestnetwork.org.uk |
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.york.ac.uk |