语音助理技术在儿童的言语表达方面表现不佳
Holly Bradley1, Madeleine E Yu1,2, Elizabeth K Johnson1,2
1Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada.
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|March 3, 2025
概括
语音助理 (VA) 技术难以理解5岁以下的儿童. 人类听众在转录幼儿的言语方面显著优于VA系统,特别是在最年轻的年龄组.
科学领域:
- 人与计算机的交互
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 语音识别技术 语音识别技术
背景情况:
- 语音助理 (VA) 技术在日常生活中变得无处不在,包括幼儿.
- 关于VA系统在理解五岁以下儿童的语音方面的表现的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 评估语音助理 (VA) 系统 (Siri和Alexa) 在转录2岁,3岁和5岁儿童的语音中的准确性.
- 将VA的表现与人类听众 (母亲和本科生) 进行比较,以了解儿童的发言.
主要方法:
- 测试了两个版本的Siri和一个版本的Alexa,以测试它们对2,3岁和5岁儿童发言的转录能力.
- 人类听众,包括母亲和本科生,也转录了相同的儿童发言,以进行比较.
主要成果:
- 虽然最近Siri的性能有所改善,但Siri和Alexa的模型在准确地转录儿童的语音方面都表现出了重大挑战.
- 在所有年龄组中,人类听众的表现始终优于VA系统,在年轻儿童的演讲中表现出明显的优势.
- 最年轻的参与者 (2岁) 的表现差异最明显.
结论:
- 目前的语音助理 (VA) 技术,包括Siri和Alexa等领先的模型,在理解五岁以下儿童的语音模式方面存在局限性.
- 人类的听觉感知仍然优于当前的VA技术来解释儿童的言语,突出了技术进步的关键领域.
- 需要进一步的研究和开发,以提高VA技术对年轻用户的包容性和有效性.
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