The central question in this document is whether sound quality
degradation affects the perception of emotion. Based on this short
review of literature I believe that it is safe to assume that as long as
the contents of speech is intelligible, emotions can be heard.Note: This document one of the 'darlings' that I had to kill to
keep my thesis focussed. I've invested little effort in making this a
great piece for reading… (This document was written as an early
summary of my literature review that was part of my graduation project.
As a result of this investigation I decided not to dive into this matter
any further)"Sound quality" has been analyzed systematically in emotion
perception research in the form of inference studies (Scherer, 2003)
which have been employed to investigate which properties of a sound are
most important for the communication of emotions. One methodology for
analyzing the respective contribution In one of these studies, of each
parame…
Short update: I defended my thesis successfully, just have to
await my diploma before I can call myself officially Master of Science
in Human-Technology Interaction (or something along these lines) ;)I'm about to defend my thesis, if you are in the neighbourhood, you
are welcome to visit it.Titel: The Influence of the Auditory Environment on the Emotional
Perception of Speech
Location: Eindhoven University of Technology, IPO building, room 1.18
Date: 16 May
Start: 14:00
Supervisors: Armin Kohlrausch (TU/e & Philips Research), Harm Belt
(Philips Research), Dik Hermes (TU/e) It is generally assumed that speech conveys information about how a
person feels (see for an overview Scherer, 2003). Most communication,
however, does not take place in isolation, in general there is context
available as well. That context can play a role in the perception of
emotion has been demonstrated before, e.g. by presenting expressive
anchor faces next to a target face (Russel …
Communication between far away friends, or between
family, can become (emotionally) intense from time to time. Although
developments like internet based video telephony seem to be an
improvement over regular, voice only, telephony, little is known about
what is exactly important in these type of communication settings. If
optimal communication quality is the main goal, it is of importance to
know what to optimize, record, and what to play back, and how and when.Research conducted so far in this
area is sparse and mainly focused on matching face-to-face communication
as closely as possible, a situation where both are being situated at
the same location; a feeling of being there
(Hollan & Stornetta, 1992). Since video telephony communicates a
visual image of the person, one may assume that it is better than voice
only telephony considering this feeling of being there. Hollan and
Stornetta (1992) found, however, that social presence and information
rich…
Note to English readers: This was my Bachelor Thesis (Interaction Design) on auditory interfaces. Since this text on auditory human technology interaction is in Dutch, you
might be interested in my other text
on this matter written in english (and more up to date too), it's
title is context
sonifier.InleidingDoelstellingMet dit document tracht ik zo'n breed mogelijk licht te werpen
op de ontwikkelingen en mogelijkheden omtrent auditieve
ondersteuning van een mens-machine interface. Het primaire doel
is om een beter inzicht te krijgen in hoe een visuele interface
uitgebreid kan worden met auditieve elementen. Mogelijk vloeien
hier nieuwe ideen uit.Uniforme auditieve vormgevingWanneer men kijkt naar de bestaande richtlijnen voor
dergelijke interfaces, als Microsoft Windows, Apple OS-X, KDE,
dan valt het op dat er weinig tot geen aandacht wordt geschonken
aan voorschriften die leiden tot een meer uniforme auditieve
vormgeving van het systeem.ToepassingsgebiedDe toevoe…