Experiments using speech, non-speech sound and stereophony as communication metaphors in information systems

Rigas, Dimitrios; Yu, Hongnian; Memery, D.

doi:10.1109/eurmic.2001.952479

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“…Processing natural language (speech) feedback in the interface has been recognized as bringing many benefits to human-computer interaction [11]. Rigas et al [10,12] investigated the use of speech along with non-speech sounds, and found that combining earcons with synthesized speech was a successful and effective approach for communicating information to the users. In addition, a study by Vargas and Anderson showed that the users' performance was better in terms of time, number of keystrokes, errors, and workload when used speech along with earcons [13].…”

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How effective is it to design by voice?

Alsuraihi

Rigas

2007

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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Previous studies on usability of crowded graphical interfaces that are full of widgets like menus, buttons, palette-tools etc, have shown evidence that they create a fertile environment for information overload and usability problems. In this paper, we investigate the use of multimodal interaction metaphors (visual, vocal and aural) for improving effectiveness of learning functions and completing tasks in one of the most graphically crowded user-interfaces, the user-interface of IDEs (or Interface Design Environments). This investigation was done empirically on two experimental interface design toolkits (TVOID and MMID) which were built especially for the study. Assessment of the visual and multimodal interaction metaphors was carried out by two independent groups of users (A and B) of which each consisted of 15 users. Results showed that the use of speech for input and output along with limited use of the mouse was more effective than interacting visually only using the typical common graphical metaphors: pull-down menus, toolbar, toolbox, properties-table and status-bar.

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How effective is it to design by voice?

Alsuraihi

Rigas

2007

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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“…However, in order for these interaction metaphors to be properly perceived and correctly mapped to the meanings they are designed to convey, the user is required to maintain a high level of concentration and try to develop a correct perceptual context [35,36]. Therefore, to overcome this problem and hence, increase usability, synthesised speech should be combined with non-speech interaction metaphors [33,34,36,41]. The potential of speech as a natural communication mean in human-computer interaction should not be 'overlooked', as it may effectively complement other modalities, like windows, icons, and menus [22].…”

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Speech Displaces the Graphical Crowd

Alsuraihi

Rigas

2008

JCP

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Developers of visual Interface Design Environments (IDEs), like Microsoft Visual Studio and Java NetBeans, are competing in producing pretty crowded graphical interfaces in order to facilitate completion of interface-design tasks. Previous studies have shown that such interfaces cause the user to experience information overload as well as they create a fertile environment for usability problems. In this paper, we empirically investigate speech as an input and output means for solving usability problems with GUI interaction metaphors and enhancing usability of visual IDEs. The empirical investigation aimed at measuring usability of two experimental ID toolkits: typical visual-only (TVOID) and multimodal (MMID) in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction. Usability of these two environments was tested twice, over two experimental phases, by four independent groups of users. The first experimental phase was for measuring usability by novel users in order to explore how learnable each of the two experimental toolkits would be. The second phase aimed at measuring usability by well-trained users to study experienced user performance when using a speech recognition ID.

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Empirically Derived Guidelines for Multimodal Interaction in Knowledge-Based Environments

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Rigas

2014

2014 11th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

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Experiments using speech, non-speech sound and stereophony as communication metaphors in information systems

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

How effective is it to design by voice?

How effective is it to design by voice?

Speech Displaces the Graphical Crowd

Empirically Derived Guidelines for Multimodal Interaction in Knowledge-Based Environments

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