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ArticleEducation and information technologies2023

I am Alexa, your virtual tutor!: The effects of Amazon Alexa's text-to-speech voice enthusiasm in a multimedia learning environment.

Tze Wei Liew, Su-Mae Tan, Wei Ming Pang, Mohammad Tariqul Islam Khan, Si Na Kew

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Article in Education and information technologies, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tze Wei LiewHuman-Centric Technology Interaction SIG, Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0003-0153-8649
Su-Mae TanFaculty of Information Science and Technology, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.
Wei Ming PangHuman-Centric Technology Interaction SIG, Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.
Mohammad Tariqul Islam KhanHuman-Centric Technology Interaction SIG, Faculty of Business, Multimedia University, Jalan Ayer Keroh Lama, 75450 Melaka, Malaysia.
Si Na KewLanguage Academy, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Iman, 81310 Skudai, Johor Malaysia.
Multimedia University · MYUniversity of Technology Malaysia · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Modern text-to-speech voices can convey social cues ideal for narrating multimedia learning materials. Amazon Alexa has a unique feature among modern text-to-speech vocalizers as she can infuse enthusiasm cues into her synthetic voice. In this first study examining modern text-to-speech voice enthusiasm effects in a multimedia learning environment, a between-subjects online experiment was conducted where learners from a large Asian university (

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Amazon AlexaEmotional designEnthusiasmMultimedia learningText-to-speechVoice effect

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PMID35967831
PMCPMC9361884
OpenAlexW4288684419

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