Walker, A. and Brewster, S.A. (2000) Spatial audio in small display screen devices. Personal Technologies, 4(2), pp. 144-154. (doi: 10.1007/BF01324121)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01324121
Abstract
Our work addresses the problem of (visual) clutter in mobile device interfaces. The solution we propose involves the translation of technique-from the graphical to the audio domain-for expliting space in information representation. This article presents an illustrative example in the form of a spatialisedaudio progress bar. In usability tests, participants performed background monitoring tasks significantly more accurately using this spatialised audio (a compared with a conventional visual) progress bar. Moreover, their performance in a simultaneously running, visually demanding foreground task was significantly improved in the eye-free monitoring condition. These results have important implications for the design of multi-tasking interfaces for mobile devices.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | 3D audio, Delay affordance, Interface design, Usability testing |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Brewster, Professor Stephen |
Authors: | Walker, A., 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 |
Journal Name: | Personal Technologies |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
ISSN: | 1617-4909 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2000 Springer |
First Published: | First published in Personal Technologies 4(2):144-154 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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