Abstract
Many digital applications offer avatar customization options, positively affecting user experience. However, the adoption of auditory aspects in avatar customization has often been neglected and may have been understudied for its potential. Inspired by prior research that uncovers end-user's demands for voice customization, we seek to apply the identified implications into practice and discover end-user's voice preferences and behavior towards voice customization systems. To this end, we designed and deployed AVOCUS, a web application that enables users to search for specific voices or manipulate voice-related parameters to generate a voice similar to a target voice. Our findings suggest that (1) searching for specific voice using hashtags were perceived to be easy, (2) customized voices generated from voice reflection and voice parameter control functions had high satisfaction, and (3) participants tend to reflect the features of their desired voices when customizing their own voice.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHI 2023 - Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450394222 |
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| State | Published - 19 Apr 2023 |
| Event | 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 - Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 |
Publication series
| Name | Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings |
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Conference
| Conference | 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2023 |
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| Country/Territory | Germany |
| City | Hamburg |
| Period | 23/04/23 → 28/04/23 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2023 Owner/Author.
Keywords
- online communication
- user evaluation
- voice customization
- voice perception
- voice quality