Multimodal feedback for tilt controlled speed dependent automatic zooming

Eslambolchilar, P., Williamson, J. and Murray-Smith, R. (2004) Multimodal feedback for tilt controlled speed dependent automatic zooming. In: UIST 2004: Proceedings of the 17th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 24-27 October 2004. Association for Computing Machinery: New York, USA. ISBN 9781581139570

Abstract

Speed Dependent Automatic Zooming proposed by Igarashi and Hinckley is a powerful tool for document navigation on mobile devices. We show that browsing and targeting can be facilitated by using a model-based sonification approach to generate audio feedback about document structure, in a tilt-controlled SDAZ interface. We implemented this system for a text browser on a Pocket PC instrumented with an accelerometer and headset, and found that audio feedback provided valuable information, supporting intermittent interaction, i.e. allowing movement-based interaction techniques to continue while the user is simultaneously involved with other tasks. This was demonstrated by a blindfolded user successfully locating specified elements in a text file.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Murray-Smith, Professor Roderick and Williamson, Dr John
• Authors: Eslambolchilar, P., Williamson, J., and Murray-Smith, R.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
• ISBN: 9781581139570