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Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
A Note to Readers | p. xix |
Wired for Speech: Activating the Human-Computer Relationship | p. 1 |
Gender of Voices: Making Interfaces Male or Female | p. 9 |
Gender Stereotyping of Voices: Sex is Everywhere | p. 19 |
Personality of Voices: Similars Attract | p. 33 |
Personality of Voices and Words: Multiple Personalities are Dangerous | p. 47 |
Accents, Race, and Ethnicity: It's Who You Are, Not What You Look Like | p. 61 |
User Emotion and Voice Emotion: Talking Cars Should Know Their Drivers | p. 73 |
Voice and Content Emotions: Why Voice Interfaces Need Acting Lessons | p. 85 |
When Are Many Voices Better Than One? People Differentiate Synthetic Voices | p. 97 |
Should Voice Interfaces Say "I"? Recorded and Synthetic Voice Interfaces' Claims to Humanity | p. 113 |
Synthetic versus Recorded Voices and Faces: Don't Look the Look If You Can't Talk the Talk | p. 125 |
Mixing Synthetic and Recorded Voices: When "Better" is Worse | p. 143 |
Communications Contexts: The Effects of Type of Input on User Behaviors and Attitudes | p. 157 |
Misrecognition: To Err Is Interface To Blame, Complex | p. 171 |
Conclusion: From Listening to and Talking at to Speaking with | p. 183 |
Notes | p. 185 |
Author Index | p. 271 |
Subject Index | p. 285 |
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