Acceptance speech1

Perception of discourse boundaries and prominence in spontaneous Dutch speech1

Recognition of Voice and Hand activities through Fusion of Acceleration and Speech1

Hand activity and speech comprise the most important modalities of human-to-agent interaction. So a multimodal interface can achieve more natural and effective human-agent interaction. In this paper, we suggest a novel technique for improving the performance of accelerometer-based hand activity recognition system using fusion of speech. The speech data is used in our experiment as the complemen...

Probabilistic Acceptance

The idea of fully accepting statements when the evidence has rendered them probable enough faces a number of difficulties. We leave the interpretation of probability largely open, but attempt to suggest a contextual ap­ proach to full belief. We show that the dif­ ficulties of probabilistic acceptance are not as severe as they are sometimes painted, and that though there are oddities associ­ at...

Consumer acceptance

The development of genetically modified (GM) food has been a matter of considerable interest and worldwide public controversy. As a result ‘uncertainties’, ‘risks’ and ‘benefits’ that such new technologies portray to the food industry and consumers have been widely disseminated. However, there is limited understanding of what lies behind “demand side effects” to the introduction of these ‘poten...

The Technology Acceptance Model and Other User Acceptance Theories

As global business markets become increasingly competitive, firms look to information technology to manage and improve their performance. Timely and accurate information is a key to gaining performance efficiency. Yet, firms may invest in technology only to find that their users are not willing to accept and use the new technology. This chapter explores the technology acceptance model and other...