Tag: personality

  • What’s in an (artificial) voice?

    An introduction to a new experiment looking at how we respond to artificial voices from BBC R&D and University of Salford.

  • Voices on the Radio

    I’ve been reanalysing a pioneering experiment into radio voices: “In his book Voice and Personality, [Professor] Pear explained what inspired his experiment. He recounted listening to a radio play over headphones one day in a gloomy room lit only by the glow from his fire. Engrossed in the play, he conjured up in his mind…

  • A remarkable 1920s experiment into the voice

    A remarkable 1920s experiment into the voice

    New analysis of Voice and Personality “Ten years ago the art of listening to speech hardly existed. Eyes were glutted while ears were starved. Print reached millions by their firesides, the voice a few score on hard benches in a gloomy hall. Broadcasting has changed all that.” Professor T H Pear, Professor of Psychology, 1931…