Listen as we delve into the voice personality parameters you can use to shape synthetic voices. A goal of this process is to achieve a voice with personality traits that will be most persuasive with your users or target audience.

We'll use an example of Darth Vader as a target voice personality, and play with different synthetic voice parameters to get as close as possible to the essence of that voice quality, using SSML with Amazon Polly.

Episode Blog Post
http://arrovox.com/2018/07/31/ep-02-synthetic-…ality-parameters/

Resources
"Wired for Speech", by Clifford Nass
https://www.amazon.com/Wired-Speech-Activates-Human-Computer-Relationship-ebook/dp/B001949SMM/

Credits
Host: Doug Schumacher
Twitter: @MemeRunner
Production: Arrovox.com
Contact: [email protected]