Don't say yes, say yes: Interacting with synthetic speech using Tonetable

Matthew P. Aylett; Graham Pullin; David A. Braude; Blaise Potard; Shannon Hennig; Marilia Antunes Ferreira

doi:10.1145/2851581.2890245

Don't say yes, say yes: Interacting with synthetic speech using Tonetable

Matthew P. Aylett, Graham Pullin, David A. Braude, Blaise Potard, Shannon Hennig, Marilia Antunes Ferreira

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Abstract

This demo is not about what you say but how you say it. Using a tangible system, Tonetable, we explore the shades of meaning carried by the same word said in many different ways. The same word or phrase is synthesised using the Intel Edison with different expressive techniques. Tonetable allows participants to play these different tokens and select the manner they should be synthesised for different contexts. Adopting the visual language of mid-century modernism, the system provokes participants to think deeply about how they might want to say yes, oh really, or I see. Designed with the very serious objective of supporting expressive personalisation of AAC devices, but with the ability to produce a playful and amusing experience, Tonetable will change the way you think about speech synthesis and what yes really means.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI EA '16
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	3643-3646
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450340823
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890245
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	ACM CHI 2016: #chi4good - San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, United States Duration: 7 May 2016 → 12 May 2016 https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

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Conference	ACM CHI 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Jose
Period	7/05/16 → 12/05/16
Internet address	https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/

Keywords

AAC
Interactive media
Speech synthesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
Software

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Aylett, M. P., Pullin, G., Braude, D. A., Potard, B., Hennig, S., & Ferreira, M. A. (2016). Don't say yes, say yes: Interacting with synthetic speech using Tonetable. In CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 3643-3646). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890245

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Aylett, MP, Pullin, G, Braude, DA, Potard, B, Hennig, S & Ferreira, MA 2016, Don't say yes, say yes: Interacting with synthetic speech using Tonetable. in CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems . Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 3643-3646, ACM CHI 2016, San Jose, United States, 7/05/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2851581.2890245

Don't say yes, say yes: Interacting with synthetic speech using Tonetable. / Aylett, Matthew P.; Pullin, Graham; Braude, David A. et al.
CHI EA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems . Association for Computing Machinery, 2016. p. 3643-3646.

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