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Should Voice Agents Be Polite in an Emergency? Investigating Effects of Speech Style and Voice Tone in Emergency Simulation
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kim, J., & Fussell, S. R.
- Affiliations
- Cornell University (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Publisher
- ACM
- Published
- 2025-04-25
- Pages
- 1-17
- OpenAlex
- W4409735427
- Cited by
- 6
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6
- FWCI
- 5.69
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Social Robot Interaction and HRI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › AI in Service Interactions
- Keywords
- voice assistants, politeness, speech style, tone of voice, emergency simulation, emergency response, chatbots
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