Voicesetting: Voice Authoring UIs for Improved Expressivity in Augmentative Communication
Voicesetting: Voice Authoring UIs for Improved Expressivity in Augmentative Communication
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语音设置：用于提高增强式通信表现力的语音创作 UI
DOI：
10.1145/3173574.3173857
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2018
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M. Morris
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作者：
Alexander J. Fiannaca;A. Paradiso;Jon Campbell;M. Morris
语言障碍者使用的替代和增强通信（AAC）系统依赖于文本到语音（TTS）引擎来合成语音。TTS系统中允许呈现具有一系列情感的语音的进步尚未被并入AAC系统中，使得AAC用户的语音大多缺乏情感和表现力。在这项工作中，我们描述了排版的过程中创作的语音属性的文本。我们提出的设计和评估的两个排版用户界面：表达键盘，旨在快速增加的表现力的讲话，和Voicesetting编辑器，旨在更仔细的手工制作的文本应该说的方式。我们评估了感知的输出质量，必要的努力，和两个接口的可用性;设置和我们的界面的概念高度重视最终用户作为一个增强通信质量。最后，我们讨论了我们评估中的设计见解。
Alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems used by people with speech disabilities rely on text-to-speech (TTS) engines for synthesizing speech. Advances in TTS systems allowing for the rendering of speech with a range of emotions have yet to be incorporated into AAC systems, leaving AAC users with speech that is mostly devoid of emotion and expressivity. In this work, we describe voicesetting as the process of authoring the speech properties of text. We present the design and evaluation of two voicesetting user interfaces: the Expressive Keyboard, designed for rapid addition of expressivity to speech, and the Voicesetting Editor, designed for more careful crafting of the way text should be spoken. We evaluated the perceived output quality, requisite effort, and usability of both interfaces; the concept of voicesetting and our interfaces were highly valued by end-users as an enhancement to communication quality. We close by discussing design insights from our evaluations.