Who’s talking - and who’s listening? Speech science and technology in social contexts

PhD Research
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Project dates:

September 2023 - September 2027

Name of the PhD student

Alice Ross

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Supervisors:

Dr Catherine Lai - School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences/Centre for Speech Technology Research
Professor Lauren Hall-Lew - School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Project aims:

This project examines how language attitudes and ideologies inform design decisions in speech technology, reviewing claims from speech science and psychology with an awareness of communicative goals and (speaker and listener) identity as expansive, fluid and intersectional. I use mixed methods, aiming to engage with diverse talkers in qualitative work to explore their own beliefs and awareness about the voice alongside analysing recordings. I aim to contribute to our understanding of (present and future) social impacts of speech technologies’ design and deployment.

Disciplines and subfields engaged:

  • Speech Perception

  • Speech Technology

  • Human-Computer Interaction

  • Sociolinguistics

  • Design Studies

Research Themes:

  • Ethics of Human-Machine Interaction

    • Ethics of Artificial Agent and Robot Design

    • Ethics of Affective and Social Technologies

  • Ethics and Politics of Data

    • Ethical Data Science and Data Practice

  • Emerging Technology and Human Identity

    • Emerging Tech and the Human Image

    • Emerging Tech and Human Autonomy

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