The Greennn Tree - Lengthening Position Influences Uncertainty Perception

Synthetic speech can be used to express uncertainty in dialogue systems by means of hesitation. If a phrase like “Next to the green tree” is uttered in a hesitant way, that is, containing lengtheni ...

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