@inproceedings{BrackhaneTrouvain2015,
  author    = {Fabian Brackhane and J{\"u}rgen Trouvain},
  title     = {What makes 'mama' and 'papa' acceptable? Experiments with a replica of von Kempelen's speaking machine},
  series = {International Speech Production Seminar (ISSP 2008) Proceedings, December 8th to 12th 2008, Strasbourg, France},
  editor    = {Rudolph Sock and Susanne Fuchs and Yves Laprie},
  publisher = {INRIA},
  address   = {Stra{\"s}bourg},
  url       = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-34065},
  pages     = {329 -- 332},
  year      = {2015},
  abstract  = {The paper reports on experiments with acoustic recordings of a self-built replica of the historic speaking machine of Wolfgang von Kempelen. Several possibilities of the reed as the glottal excitation mechanism were tested. Perception tests with na{\"i}ve listeners revealed that the machinegenerated words 'mama' and 'papa' were partially recognised as an authentic child voice – as it was also the case in von Kempelen's demonstrations in the late 18th century.},
  language  = {en}
}