跳板、路障还是“拐杖”？：跨性别用户如何利用变声器在社交虚拟现实中进行性别呈现
Springboard, Roadblock or "Crutch"?: How Transgender Users Leverage Voice Changers for Gender Presentation in Social Virtual Reality
AI总结：
研究跨性别用户在社交VR中使用变声器进行性别呈现的体验，发现变声器能减少骚扰并带来性别愉悦，同时指出了技术障碍与改进方向。
摘要：
社交虚拟现实（VR）是跨性别者通过化身探索身份并在网络社区中建立个人联系的重要平台。然而，它也带来了挑战：化身具身化与语音表征之间的脱节，常常导致被错认性别和骚扰。先前研究承认了这一问题，但忽略了变声器这一潜在的解决方案。我们采访了13位社交VR平台的跨性别及性别不符用户，重点关注他们使用和不使用变声器的体验。我们发现，使用变声器不仅减少了与语音相关的骚扰，还让他们通过听到自己修改后的声音以及他人对修改后声音的反应，体验到性别愉悦，从而激励他们追求语音训练和药物治疗以实现理想的声音。此外，我们还发现了当前变声器技术的技术障碍，以及缓解跨性别及性别不符用户所面临问题的潜在改进措施。
英文摘要：
Social virtual reality (VR) serves as a vital platform for transgender individuals to explore their identities through avatars and foster personal connections within online communities. However, it presents a challenge: the disconnect between avatar embodiment and voice representation, often leading to misgendering and harassment. Prior research acknowledges this issue but overlooks the potential solution of voice changers. We interviewed 13 transgender and gender-nonconforming users of social VR platforms, focusing on their experiences with and without voice changers. We found that using a voice changer not only reduces voice-related harassment, but also allows them to experience gender euphoria through both hearing their modified voice and the reactions of others to their modified voice, motivating them to pursue voice training and medication to achieve desired voices. Furthermore, we identified the technical barriers to current voice changer technology and potential improvements to alleviate the problems that transgender and gender-nonconforming users face.
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