Presenting dynamic information on mobile computers

Brewster, S.A. and Murray, R. (2000) Presenting dynamic information on mobile computers. Personal Technologies, 4(4), pp. 209-212. (doi: 10.1007/BF02391559)

Abstract

A problem with mobile computing devices is the output of dynamic information owing to their small screens. This paper describes an experiment to investigate the use of non-speech sounds to present dynamic information without using visual display space. Results showed that non-speech sound could be used in a simple share-dealing scenario to present a “sound graph” of share prices. This allowed participants to reduce the workload they had to invest in share-price monitoring as they could listen to the graph whilst they worked in a share accumulation window.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Brewster, Professor Stephen
• Authors: Brewster, S.A., and Murray, R.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Journal Name: Personal Technologies
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 1617-4909
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2000 Springer
• First Published: First published in Personal Technologies 4(4):209-212
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher