Humanizing bionic voice: interactive demonstration of aesthetic design and control factors influencing the devices assembly and waveshape engineering

Konrad Zieliński, Marek Grzelec, Martin Hagmüller

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Abstract

Electrolarynx is a speech aid providing voice source for people who have their larynx resected. Bionic voices (BV) extend the device capabilities by combining the biological and technical parts in a functioning communicative system. This interactive demonstration illustrates the challenges in material design and sound engineering in the domain of BV which are aimed at enriching the performance of a conversing dyad in the social context. The factors of control and aesthetics will be introduced by alaryngeal speaker presenting novel prototypes. The participants will experience the concepts in a multimodal demo, try various devices and talk with a laryngectomee.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Subtitle of host publicationINTERSPEECH 2022
Pages1953-1954
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event23rd Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: INTERSPEECH 2022 - Incheon, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 18 Sept 202222 Sept 2022
https://interspeech2022.org

Conference

Conference23rd Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association
Abbreviated titleINTERSPEECH 2022
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityIncheon
Period18/09/2222/09/22
Internet address

Keywords

  • bionic voice
  • electrolarynx
  • human-computer interaction
  • laryngectomy
  • sound engineering
  • speech aids

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Signal Processing
  • Software
  • Modelling and Simulation

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