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Voices of 'cyborg awesomeness': Posthuman embodiment of nonbinary gender expression in AI speech technologies
Department of Linguistics & Cognitive Science, University of Delaware, USA.
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Speech, Music and Hearing, TMH.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1175-840X
2025 (English)In: Interspeech 2025, International Speech Communication Association , 2025, p. 689-693Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Speech-generating devices (SGDs) provide users with text-to-speech (TTS) voices that shape identity and self-expression. Current TTS voices enable self-expression but often lack customizable features for authentic voice embodiment, particularly for nonbinary SGD users seeking gender affirmation as existing TTS voices largely reproduce binary, cisgender speech patterns. This study examines how nonbinary SGD users embody, or disembody, synthetic voices and the factors influencing voice affirmation. Through a survey, we analyze experiences of nonbinary SGD users and their impressions of generated speech samples, investigating the role of technological possibilities in gender affirmation and voice embodiment. Findings inform the creation of more user-centered TTS technologies, and challenge dominant paradigms in speech technology, gesturing toward a posthumanist rethinking of voice as co-constructed between human and machine.

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International Speech Communication Association , 2025. p. 689-693
Keywords [en]
human-computer interaction, nonbinary, posthuman, text-to-speech, transgender, voice embodiment
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Natural Language Processing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-372793DOI: 10.21437/Interspeech.2025-2229Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105020063225OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-372793DiVA, id: diva2:2014593
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26th Interspeech Conference 2025, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Kingdom of the, August 17-21, 2025
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QC 20251118

Available from: 2025-11-18 Created: 2025-11-18 Last updated: 2025-11-18Bibliographically approved

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