@inproceedings{BlaabjergKarlsenDecuzardeCastroPiparsetal., author = {Blaabjerg Karlsen, Tobias and Decuzar de Castro, Karl Jhon and Pipars, Emils and Abdel Qader, Iyad Ahed Abdelrahman and Ilinca Sainz, Jose Dumitru and Srugys, Simas and Niebuhr, Oliver}, title = {In Tune With In-Poco? A New Device for Analyzing and Training the Interplay of Body Posture and Charismatic Speech Prosody}, series = {Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2024, Tagungsband der 35. Konferenz, Regensburg, 6.-8. M{\"a}rz 2024}, booktitle = {Elektronische Sprachsignalverarbeitung 2024, Tagungsband der 35. Konferenz, Regensburg, 6.-8. M{\"a}rz 2024}, editor = {Baumann, Timo}, publisher = {TUDpress}, address = {Dresden}, isbn = {978-3-95908-325-6}, doi = {10.35096/othr/pub-7090}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-70900}, pages = {132 -- 140}, abstract = {Our paper introduces a new technology for posture research and training: the INteractive POsture COrrector, IN-POCO. The device warns its users about unfavorable postures when speaking (e.g., sitting in video conferences) and is thus suitable as an aid for rhetoric trainers. In addition, IN-POCO can also collect time-aligned posture and speech signals for researching prosody-posture relationships in the speech sciences. We outline the motivation for the development of IN-POCO and describe the key technical specifications and operational characteristics. The paper concludes with a pilot experiment in which we provide initial evidence that, for a communicative (public) speaking task, posture does indeed affect speech prosody in gender-specific ways - in line with claims of rhetoric trainers and guidebooks, and such that an unfavorable (e.g,, humped) posture can be assumed to reduce the speaker's vocal charisma.}, language = {en} }