Title :
A toolkit for exploring the role of voice in human-robot interaction
Author :
Henkel, Zachary ; Srinivasan, Vasant ; Murphy, Robin R. ; Groom, Victoria ; Nass, Clifford
Author_Institution :
Center for Robot-Assisted Search & Rescue, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes an open source speech translator toolkit created as part of the “Survivor Buddy” project which allows written or spoken word from multiple independent controllers to be translated into either a single synthetic voice, synthetic voices for each controller, or unchanged natural voice of each controller. The human controllers can work over the internet or be physically co-located with the Survivor Buddy. The toolkit is expected to be of use for exploring voice in general human-robot interaction.
Keywords :
Internet; human-robot interaction; speech synthesis; Internet; Survivor Buddy project; general human-robot interaction; human controllers; multiple independent controllers; open source speech translator toolkit; spoken word; synthetic voices; voice role; written word; Educational institutions; Robot kinematics; Servers; Speech; Speech recognition; USA Councils; Experimentation; Human Factors;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2011 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lausanne
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4393-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
