TY - GEN
T1 - Design and Usability Evaluation of a Web-Based Pitch Control Training App for Transgender Women
AU - Wang, Xiangyi
AU - Weese, Sam
AU - McAllister, Tara
AU - McKenna, Victoria
AU - Novak, Vesna
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Transgender people often experience dysphoria because the way their voice is perceived does not match their gender identity. Such dysphoria negatively affects mental health and quality of life, and is particularly an issue in trans women. Dysphoria can be reduced via gender-affirming voice and communication training provided by human experts, but the accessibility of such training is often limited. As a supplement or alternative to human-guided training, our team has thus developed an early prototype of voice training software for transfeminine users (i.e., trans women and nonbinary users who were assigned male at birth). The software is accessible via a web browser and provides three vocal pitch exercises together with real-time feedback about the user’s pitch relative to a desired target pitch curve. This paper presents the main technical features and results of a single-session usability evaluation with 5 transfeminine participants. We further present future plans for expansion to other exercises and voice aspects (particularly resonance) as well as plans for clinical trials.
AB - Transgender people often experience dysphoria because the way their voice is perceived does not match their gender identity. Such dysphoria negatively affects mental health and quality of life, and is particularly an issue in trans women. Dysphoria can be reduced via gender-affirming voice and communication training provided by human experts, but the accessibility of such training is often limited. As a supplement or alternative to human-guided training, our team has thus developed an early prototype of voice training software for transfeminine users (i.e., trans women and nonbinary users who were assigned male at birth). The software is accessible via a web browser and provides three vocal pitch exercises together with real-time feedback about the user’s pitch relative to a desired target pitch curve. This paper presents the main technical features and results of a single-session usability evaluation with 5 transfeminine participants. We further present future plans for expansion to other exercises and voice aspects (particularly resonance) as well as plans for clinical trials.
KW - Computer-Aided Voice Therapy
KW - Serious Games
KW - Transgender Health
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-61932-8_27
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-61932-8_27
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85196318669
SN - 9783031619311
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 224
EP - 234
BT - HCI International 2024 Posters - 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024, Proceedings
A2 - Stephanidis, Constantine
A2 - Antona, Margherita
A2 - Ntoa, Stavroula
A2 - Salvendy, Gavriel
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - HCI International 2024 Posters - 26th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2024
Y2 - 29 June 2024 through 4 July 2024
ER -