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Talker Quality in Design and Evaluation of Speech-Based Interactive Systems

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Scientific theory and practice in HCI has changed over the last decades, not only due to new insights and empirical progress, but also with the emergence of new trends affecting viewpoints and raising new research questions.

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Weiss, B. (2020). Talker Quality in Design and Evaluation of Speech-Based Interactive Systems. In: Talker Quality in Human and Machine Interaction. T-Labs Series in Telecommunication Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22769-2_4

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