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The computer's voice : from Star trek to Siri /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Faber, Liz (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Speech processing systems > History.
Speech synthesis > Psychological aspects.
Intelligent personal assistants (Computer software)
Voice > Psychological aspects.
Mass media and women.
Psycholinguistics.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Amniotic space : textual origins of the acousmatic computer
  • Reproducing the mothership : doubling, parody, and the maternal figure in space
  • Programming patriarchs : new Hollywood and the start of the digital age
  • Sibling rivalry : the post-IBM turn
  • Good secretaries and bad housewives : femininity in the digital age
  • Behind the screens : Siri and the acousmêtre.