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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"voice identity"”.
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Matching novel face and voice identity using static and dynamic facial images
… that both static and dynamic faces share identity information with voices. However, face-voice matching studies offer contradictory results. Accurate face-voice matching is consistently above chance when facial stimuli are dynamic, but not when facial stimuli are static. This thesis aims …
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The Interplay of Voice, Identity, and Response Among Five EAL University Writers
To examine the interplay of identity and voice with response among undergraduate and graduate EAL writers, I developed four ethnographic case studies: interviewing student writers and their respondents, observing writer/reader interactions, and analyzing versions of earlier and final drafts. …
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Coming to voice : identity and change in the teaching of writing to women
As a teacher of creative writing, the researcher is interested in the most effective and appropriate approach to the teaching of writing to women. This study considers two approaches to the teaching of writing - writing as self expression, and writing as social practice. It outlines the theoretical …
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Soils of regeneration: exploring conceptualizations of the natural world as a context for an ecologically-sensitive curriculum
… understandings of the natural world as having voice, identity, and agency, suggests this body of literature as a curricular resource for cultivating ecological understandings, and places this literature in conversation with the field of curriculum theory. Finally, it argues for a both/and …
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Accent Conversion via Formant-based Spectral Mapping and Pitch Contour Modification
… to a desired accent and preserve the speaker’s voice identity. This technology can offer a number of useful applications. For example, integrating accent conversion to a text-to-speech system (TTS) can produce a voice with a desired accent instantly and inexpensively. Applying the technology to …
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Feasibility of individualised synthetic speech for children with complex communication needs in three South African languages (South African English, Afrikaans, and isiXhosa)
Background: A person's voice is an expression of their identity. The uniqueness of a person's voice is influenced by both their physical and social attributes. Yet, for children with complex communication needs (CCN), sometimes the only functional way to communicate is by using an augmentative and …
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Curating Curiosity: an exploration of visual art experiences and self-identity formation through the voices of young children
… afield and therefore they play a key role in identity formation. In the world of education this means that decisions are made by adults based on what is considered best for young children in order to succeed in the future. This has the potential however to have both an enabling and a limiting …