Multimodal Affective Computing to Enhance the User Experience of Educational Software Applications

Table 1

Comparison of emotion detection technologies from speech.

Name	API/SDK	Requires Internet	Information returned	Difficulty of use	Free software
Beyond verbal	API	Yes	Temper, arousal, valence, and mood (up to 432 emotions)	Low	No
Votakuri	SDK	No	Happiness, neutrality, sadness, anger, and fear	Medium	Yes
EmoVoice	SDK	No	Determined by developer	High	Yes
Good vibrations	SDK	—	Happy level, relaxed level, angry level, scared level, and bored level	Medium	No