The Persuasiveness of Synthetic Speech versus Human Speech.

Is computer-synthesized speech as persuasive as the human voice when presenting an argument? After completing an attitude pretest, 193 participants were randomly assigned to listen to a persuasive appeal under three conditions : a high quality synthesized speech system (DECtalk Express), a low quali...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 41, 4 (1999).
Main Author: Stern, Steven E.
Other Authors: Mullennix, John W., Dyson, Corrie-lynn, Wilson, Stephen J.
Format: Article
Language:English