Technically enabled explaining of speaker traits (C06)

• Subject Area: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics ; Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 438445824

In Project C06, a specific case of sociotechnical assistance is considered in which an expert is supported by machine learning output that enables her/him to gain a better grasp of a speech signal, thereby making it more interpretable. The project further examines how this output can be used by expert phoneticians to share their knowledge on a phenomenon with a novice via an explanation. It contributes to understanding the dynamics of the explanandum and explanans by modeling the explanans as a time series that is adapted in response to feedback by both a phonetician and a novice user.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 318: Constructing explainability
• Applicant Institution: Universität Paderborn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Häb-Umbach; Professorin Dr. Petra Wagner