Exploring how gender-anonymous voice avatars influence women's performance in online computing group work

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Dominic Kao, Syed T. Mubarrat, Amogh Joshi, Swati Pandita, Christos Mousas, Hai-Ning Liang, Rabindra A. Ratan

Published: 01 Jan 2024, Last Modified: 13 May 2025Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud. 2024EveryoneRevisionsBibTeXCC BY-SA 4.0
Abstract: Highlights•We developed voice avatar creation software that masks gender.•Voice anonymity in our experiment (N=1362) influenced stereotype threat effects.•The more voice masking, the better the performance enhancement for women.•Gender-anonymous voice avatars can mitigate stereotype threat in computing.