The Creative Speech Technology (CreST) Network Alistair Edwards & Chris Newell

A research network Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) Networks are a way to bring together people of related interests to foster new research partnerships Later additional funding from the Arts Council for England Is this a first? Not a focussed research project

Our network Deliberately diverse From John Wedgwood Clarke – poet To Roger Moore – Professor of Spoken Language Processing From Alan Martin – Accessible creative dance, music making, and Light Painting with dance To David Mason – Toby Churchill Ltd

Diversity Bring together artists, users, technologists and researchers …and see what they can make the technology do

AAC Is not the only focus …but most of our work has potential application to AAC

Roadshow Focus of our work 3 December 2012 (UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities) York, City Screen 4 December Sheffield, Winter Gardens 5 December Hull, Hull Truck Theatre

Roadshow dress rehearsal September 2012 University of York

My Voice is Me Lee Ridley video Visitors invited to complete: My voice is…

Can’t Sing, Will sing Four-part choral harmony User controls one of the voices through a games controller

Controllable, Expressive Speech Synthesis Control the speech of cartoon characters Select voice male, female, robot, child Select mood angry, happy, sarcastic,… - using two big silver balls

Voice by Choice Comedy sketch by Lee Ridley Based on a speed- dating event at which 3 people all have the same voice

It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it Hand gestures control voice pitch rate

AnTon, the animatronic tongue Visitors can play with the tongue muscles

Conversational Kiosk Engage in a spoken dialogue with a machine

Bespoke Poems by John Wedgwood Clarke Spoken by speech synthesizer Performed by an actor who cannot speak

Professor Moore’s Digital Voice Factory Record your own voice Hear it backwards sdrawkcab like a dalek and really messed about

My Voice and Me A melodrama

Frank Experiments in sympathetic engagement elicited through Silence in Synthetic Speech

Beyond Speech Speech becomes something more controlled by gesture

The CreST Documentary

Where next? Context awareness Annual conference Website

Thank you The CreST Network

Alistair Edwards University of York Christopher Newell University of Hull Debbie Haverstock University of York Emma-Jane Alexander University of Hull Maria Aretoulaki DialogCONNECTION Ltd Matthew Aylett Bruce Balentine EIG Labs James Balentine University of Texas at San Antonio Paul Barker Central School of Speech & Drama, University of London Art Blokland Toshiba Research Europe Limited Mark Blythe Northumbria University Leonardo Bottaci University of Hull Jude Brereton University of York Rob Clark University of Edinburgh John Wedgwood Clarke University of Hull Caroline Collins Enterprise Integration Group Daniel Doughty University of Hull Paul Elsam University of Teesside / Academy of Live and Recorded Arts Paul Foulkes University of York James Gilbert University of Hull Mark Hildred Apollo Creative David Horowitz Horowitz Immersive Worlds Ltd David Howard University of York Ben Johnson Apollo Creative Kevin Jones Composer, writer, sound artist Simon King University of Edinburgh Pierre Lanchantin University of Cambridge Javier Latorre Toshiba Research Europe Limited Ann Light Northumbria University Lucy Lowson GLOSSA Robert Mackay University of Hull Gill Main University of Plymouth Alan Martin Mouse on the Move Workshops David Mason Toby Churchill Limited Roger Moore University of Sheffield Darren Mundy University of Hull George Newell Alan Newell Dundee University Rowan Oliver University of Hull Sandra Pauletto University of York Barry Perks International Service Chris Pidcock CereProc Limited Graham Pullin University of Dundee Darren Reed University of York Hannah Rolfe Neel Shearer Toby Churchill Limited Robert Stewart Patrick Titley University of York Christophe Veaux University of Edinburgh Vincent Wan Toshiba Research Europe Limited Jez Wells University of York P C Wright University of Newcastle