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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2002.21.1.051

Evaluation of Synthetic Voice which is Agreeable to the Ear Using Sensibility Ergonomics Method  

Park, Yong-Kuk (동국대학교 산업공학과)
Kim, Jae-Kuk (동국대학교 산업공학과)
Jeon, Yong-Woong (동국대학교 산업공학과)
Cho, Am (동국대학교 산업공학과)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.21, no.1, 2002 , pp. 51-65 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the method of providing information is getting multimedia, the synthetic voice is used in not only CTI(Computer Telephony Integration), information service for the blind, but also applications on internet. But properties of synthetic voice, such as speech rate, pitch, timbre and so on, are not adjusted to customers' preference but providers' preference. In order to consider customers' preference, this study proposed four subjective factors of voice through the evaluation of voice using the method of sensibility ergonomics. And the relation synthetic voice to be agreeable to the ear with emotional images was formulated as a fuzzy model. Consequently, this study proposed the speech rate and pitch of synthetic voice which is agreeable to the ear.
Keywords
synthetic voice; subjective factors; sensibility ergonomics; speech rate; pitch;
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