Likability (DFG)

Likability of voices

• The aim of this project is to find common perceptual dimensions of people’s voices and speaking style. How are these impressions from unknown speakers evaluated; what makes us like or dislike certain voices? Finally, the impact of voices’ likability on communication behaviour is studied for spoken dialogue systems.

Expected Outcome

• A set of perceptual dimension for voice and speaking style
• Acoustic parameters related to these dimensions
• A model to predict perceptual dimensions from acoustic information
• A model to predict likability of unknown voices
• Results on the impact of voices’ likability on communication behaviour