Title

Processing Of Synthetic Speech By Older And Younger Adults

Abstract

This experiment investigated the demands synthetic speech places on short term memory by comparing performance of old and young adults on an ordinary short term memory task. Items presented were generated by a human speaker or by a text-to-speech computer synthesizer. Results were consistent with the idea that the comprehension of synthetic speech imposes increased resource demands on the short term memory system. Older subjects performed significantly more poorly than younger subjects, and both groups performed more poorly with synthetic than with human speech. Findings suggest that short term memory demands imposed by the processing of synthetic speech should be investigated further, particularly regarding the implementation of voice response systems in devices for the elderly.

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors Society

Volume

1

Number of Pages

190-192

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Identifier

scopus

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/154193129203600211

Socpus ID

0027076916 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0027076916

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