John Mullennix

John Mullennix is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He received a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and a Ph.D. in Psychology from SUNY-Buffalo. His area of research encompasses speech perception, psycholinguistics, and speech technology. He has numerous scholarly publications in the areas of Psychology and Speech & Hearing and has received federal research funding for his work on speech perception. Currently, he is working on research projects related to earwitness testimony and the attitudes toward users of computerized speech technology.

Publications

Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment
Computer Synthesized Speech Technologies: Tools for Aiding Impairment
John Mullennix, Steven Stern. © 2010. 342 pages.
While the use of technology to compensate for individual shortcomings is nothing new, there has been tremendous progress in the application of technology toward assisting...
Overview: Important Issues for Researchers and Practitioners Using Computer Synthesized Speech as an Assistive Aid
Overview: Important Issues for Researchers and Practitioners Using Computer Synthesized Speech as an Assistive Aid
John W. Mullennix, Steven E. Stern. © 2010. 8 pages.
A brief overview of the current research topics and future directions of research in the area encompassing CSS as used in augmentative and alternative communication for people...
Attitudes toward Computer Synthesized Speech
Attitudes toward Computer Synthesized Speech
John W. Mullennix, Steven E. Stern. © 2010. 14 pages.
This chapter reviews an emerging area of research that focuses on the attitudes and social perceptions that people have toward users of computer synthesized speech (CSS). General...
Stereotypes of People with Physical Disabilities and Speech Impairments as Detected by Partially Structured Attitude Measures
Stereotypes of People with Physical Disabilities and Speech Impairments as Detected by Partially Structured Attitude Measures
Steven E. Stern, John W. Mullennix, Ashley Davis Fortier, Elizabeth Steinhauser. © 2010. 15 pages.
Partially Structured Attitude Measures (PSAMs) are non-reaction-time based measures of implicit attitudes. Participants’ attitudes are measured by the degree to which they react...
Computer Mediated Speech Technology: Perceptions of Synthetic Speech and Attitudes Toward Disabled Users
Computer Mediated Speech Technology: Perceptions of Synthetic Speech and Attitudes Toward Disabled Users
John W. Mullennix, Steven E. Stern. © 2008. 14 pages.
A frequently overlooked form of CMC is computer synthesized speech (CSS). Although the first CSS systems were rather crude and unintelligible, newer systems are fairly...