Visual Prosody Supports Reading Aloud Expressively

Type is not expressive enough. Even the youngest speakers are able to express a full range of emotions with their voice, while young readers read aloud monotonically as if convey robotic boredom. We augmented type expression similarly our voices. Specifically, we wanted in text words that spoken louder, drawn out and longer, at higher pitch. then asked children sentences these new kinds see would greater expression. found ignore augmentation they weren't explicitly told about it. But when were augmentation, vocal inflection. This innovation holds great promise for helping both adults fluency.