This study examines participants' vocal accommodation toward text-to-speech (TTS) voices
produced by three devices, varying in the extent to which they embody a human form. Thirty …

The current study tests whether individuals (n= 53) produce distinct speech adaptations
during pre-scripted spoken interactions with a voice-AI assistant (Amazon's Alexa) relative to …

This study tests whether individuals vocally align toward emotionally expressive prosody
produced by two types of interlocutors: a human and a voice-activated artificially intelligent …

Abstract Background The integration of Text‐to‐Speech (TTS) and virtual reality (VR)
technologies in K‐12 education is an emerging trend. However, little is known about how …

Speech-based dialog systems primarily interact with users through their spoken responses.
Understanding users' perception of, and subconscious behaviors toward, the system's …

Laughter is a social behavior that conveys a variety of emotional states and is also intricately
intertwined with linguistic communication. As people increasingly engage with voice …

Two studies investigated the influence of conversational role on phonetic imitation toward
human and voice-AI interlocutors. In a Word List Task, the giver instructed the receiver on …

The present study compares how individuals perceive gradient acoustic realizations of
emotion produced by a human voice versus an Amazon Alexa text-to-speech (TTS) voice …

Listeners have a remarkable ability to adapt to novel speech patterns, such as a new accent
or an idiosyncratic pronunciation. In almost all of the previous studies examining this …

Increasingly, people are having conversational interactions with voice-AI systems, such as
Amazon's Alexa. Do the same social and functional pressures that mediate alignment …