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Multimodal public speaking performance assessment

The ability to speak proficiently in public is essential for many professions and in everyday life. Public speaking skills are difficult to master and require extensive training. Recent developments in technology enable new approaches for public …

Public speaking training with a multimodal interactive virtual audience framework

We have developed an interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training. Users' public speaking behavior is automatically analyzed using multimodal sensors, and multimodal feedback is produced by virtual characters and generic visual …

Exploring feedback strategies to improve public speaking: An interactive virtual audience framework

Good public speaking skills convey strong and effective communication, which is critical in many professions and used in everyday life. The ability to speak publicly requires a lot of training and practice. Recent technological developments enable …

An interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training

We have developed an interactive virtual audience platform for public speaking training. Users' public speaking behavior is automatically analyzed using audiovisual sensors. The virtual characters display indirect feedback depending on user's …