What Do Robots Sound Like?

Prof Roger Moore - Uncanny Valley, Interaction, Speech, History of Speech Synthesis


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Interviews on the topic of sound for human-robot interactions. Game audio designer Ali Tocher enjoys long form conversations with a wide range of guests.

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Show notes:


This month's guest, Professor Roger Moore, is Professor of Spoken Language Processing at the University of Sheffield. He was head of the UK Govt’s Speech Research Unit from 1985 to 1999 and is also chair of a multi-disciplinary research group called VIHAR - which stands for Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots.


University of Sheffield - https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cs/people/academic/roger-k-moore


Roger's LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/roger-moore-6671972


VIHAR - https://vihar.lis-lab.fr/


Extra links


Hanson Robotics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Mwl6p1enA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2qxRsCZwcQ 

MRI of a tongue when singing (trigger warning - slightly gross) 

https://youtu.be/zGi3CrFx1S4?si=uaUzU8Vb5mlzq1dY



***SPECIAL THANKS***


Original Music: Mara Simpson "Ropes" https://marasimpson.bandcamp.com/


Original Artwork: Ben Pearce https://www.benpearce.com/

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What Do Robots Sound Like?By Ali Tocher