Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus

Leplatre, G. and Brewster, S.A. (2000) Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus. In: 6th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2-5 April 2000, pp. 190-199. ISBN 0967090415

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Abstract

This paper describes a framework for integrating non-speech audio to hierarchical menu structures where the visual feedback is limited. In the first part of this paper, emphasis is put on how to extract sound design principles from actual navigation problems. These design principles are then applied in the second part, through the design, implementation and evaluation of a set of sounds in a computer-based simulation of the Nokia 6110 mobile phone. The evaluation indicates that non-speech sound improves the performance of navigational tasks in terms of the number of errors made and the number of keypresses taken to complete the given tasks. This study provides both theoretical and practical insights about the design of audio cues intended to support navigation in complex menu structures.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Keywords:Telephone-Based Interfaces, Mobile Phones, Navigation, Menus, Sonification
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Brewster, Professor Stephen
Authors: Leplatre, G., and Brewster, S.A.
Subjects:Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
T Technology > T Technology (General)
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
Publisher:International Community for Auditory Display
ISBN:0967090415
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2000 Stephen A. Brewster
First Published:First published in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Auditory Display
Publisher Policy:Reproduced with the permission of the author

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