Voice Assistants (VA) are increasingly penetrating consumers' daily lives. This study aimed
to investigate the effects of synthetic vs. human voice on users' perception of the voice …

In the fast-paced modern life, short video advertising has become the focus of digital
marketing due to its convenience and efficiency. However, with the intensification of …

As voice assistant usage continues to grow, their homogeneity becomes even more
problematic with the UNESCO report,“I'd Blush if I could” showing that designing only …

Automated journalism is rapidly developing in the news industry. Among the most recent
and promising technological potentials are neural voices, ie, text-to-speech technology …

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory, qualitative case study where dental
professionals' and care clients' experiences of and expectations for robot accent are …

Kawaii is the Japanese concept of cute++, a global export with local characteristics. Recent
work has explored kawaii as a feature of user experience (UX) with social robots, virtual …

There has been increasing interest in the application of service robots in retail service
domains in recent years. In most cases, deployed robot systems focus on serving customer …

Spoken language is the most natural way for a human to communicate with a robot. It may
seem intuitive that a robot should communicate with users in their native language …

Trust is essential for social interactions, including those between humans and social artificial
agents, such as robots. Several robot-related factors can contribute to the formation of trust …

Increasing anthropomorphic robot behavioral design could affect trust and cooperation
positively. However, studies have shown contradicting results and suggest a task-dependent …