Yong Ma

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"Same Voice, Different Language": An Exploration of Voice-Cloned Translation to Support Non-Native Speakers in Online Meetings

Cross-lingual meetings have become essential for global collaboration, yet current translation technologies often strip away vocal identity — the unique speaker characteristics that convey nuance and social presence. While generic text-to-speech (TTS) provides basic intelligibility, it creates a disconnect between spe…

CHI '261st AuthorHonorable MentionVoice User Interface (VUI) Design +3

Beyond Words: Measuring User Experience through Speech Analysis in Voice User Interfaces

Voice assistants (VAs) are typically evaluated through task performance metrics and self-report questionnaires, but people’s voices themselves carry rich paralinguistic cues that reveal affect, effort, and interaction breakdowns. We present a within-subjects study (N=49) that systematically compared three VA personas…

CHI '263rd AuthorBest PaperGenerative AI (Text, Image, Music, Video) +2

AI That Moves With You: A Review of Interactive Technologies Powered by Large Foundation Models for Mobility Impairment

Large foundation models (FMs) -- including large language model (LLM), large vision model (LVM), vision language model (VLM), and related variants -- are rapidly reshaping interactive assistive technologies during past years. We present a review of FM-enabled interactive systems for people with mobility impairments, c…

CC '212nd AuthorMotion Sickness & Passenger Experience +1

A Journey Through Nature: Exploring Virtual Restorative Environments as a Means to Relax in Confined Spaces

Virtual Reality (VR) technologies can counteract stress or fatigue and restore attention, e.g., by recreating the beauty of nature in a Virtual Restorative Environment (VRE). This has gained additional relevance in the current pandemic: When facing the stress of physical restrictions and a limited activity space, how…

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