Nonvisual tool for navigating hierarchical structures

Smith, Ann C.; Cook, Justin S.; Francioni, Joan M.; Hossain, Asif; Anwar, Mohd Firuz Mohd; Rahman, Mashiur

doi:10.1145/1028630.1028654

Cited by 27 publications

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“…Researchers have been implementing systems with various AD designs. For example, JavaSpeak, a plug-in based on the Eclipse Platform [13] for non-visual Java programming, was implemented with sound feedbacks to provide navigational cues for hierarchical structures [32]. Non-speech auditory cues were found to be effective in providing geo-referenced information (e.g., [44]).…”

Section: Non-visual Information Access On Desktopsmentioning

confidence: 99%

AudioBrowser: a mobile browsable information access for the visually impaired

Chen

Tremaine

Lutz

et al. 2006

Univ Access Inf Soc

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Although a large amount of research has been conducted on building interfaces for the visually impaired that allows users to read web pages and generate and access information on computers, little development addresses two problems faced by the blind users. First, sighted users can rapidly browse and select information they find useful, and second, sighted users can make much useful information portable through the recent proliferation of personal digital assistants (PDAs). These possibilities are not currently available for blind users. This paper describes an interface that has been built on a standard PDA and allows its user to browse the information stored on it through a combination of screen touches coupled with auditory feedback. The system also supports the storage and management of personal information so that addresses, music, directions, and other supportive information can be readily created and then accessed anytime and anywhere by the PDA user. The paper describes the system along with the related design choices and design rationale. A user study is also reported.

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Section: Non-visual Information Access On Desktopsmentioning

confidence: 99%

AudioBrowser: a mobile browsable information access for the visually impaired

Chen

Tremaine

Lutz

et al. 2006

Univ Access Inf Soc

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“…Initially, there will be much to learn but later extensions will be simple. Group earcons seems to be a suitable mechanism for representing hierarchical architecture such as menus or errors (Smith et al, 2004). Group earcons could provide auditory clues about where the user's location is in the hierarchy, without adding to the visual information present.…”

Section: Recognizing and Memorizing Earcons/auditory Iconsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hybrid Auditory Based Interaction Framework for Driver Assistance System

Singh¹

2010

Journal of Computer Science

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Problem statement:The rapid development of Driver Assistance System (DAS) provides drivers with radically enhanced information and functionality. The nature of the current DAS requires a complex human-machine interaction which is distracting and may increase the risk of road accidents. The interaction between the driver and DAS should aid the driving process without interfering with safety and ease of vehicle operation. Speech based interaction mechanisms employed are not sufficiently robust to deal with the distraction and noise present in the interior environment of the vehicle. Approach: Thus, suitable hybrid earcon/auditory icon design principles for DAS are developed. These interfaces are investigated in driving simulators in-order to test their durability and robustness. Several evaluation parameters will be applied. This will ensure the driving-related information from the DAS was delivered to the driver without affecting the overall driving process. Results: This study produces auditory design principles for information mapping (visual into nonspeech based interaction) and presentation framework was produced. It outlines representation architecture that enables concurrent auditory driving related information to be transmitted from four different sources in the vehicle's interior environment. It outlines a set of hybrid design principles that integrates auditory icons with earcons to map and present real-time driving related data from a visual to a non-speech auditory interface. Conclusion/Recommendations: The major contribution of this research project takes a genuine approach by considering the entire DAS (safety, navigation and entertainment subsystem). It proposes hybrid representation strategy based on the cognitive availability of the driver and cognitive workload. It was a significant discovery that aid future DAS auditory interaction design.

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“…The line of research perhaps most related to the work presented here is Smith et al [14] and their work with JavaSpeak and the Aural Tree Navigator. JavaSpeak was developed to assist students with visual disabilities as they learn to program; the Aural Tree Navigator was designed as a speech-based hierarchical structure navigation tool for non-sighted programmers.…”

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Using spoken text to aid debugging: An empirical study

Stefik

Gellenbeck

2009

2009 IEEE 17th International Conference on Program Comprehension

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Comprehending and debugging computer programs are inherently difficult tasks. The current approach to building program execution and debugging environments is to use exclusively visual stimuli. We present an alternative: the Sonified Omniscient Debugger (SOD), a program execution and debugging environment designed to output carefully chosen spoken auditory cues to supplement visual stimuli. Originally designed for the blind, earlier work suggested that SOD may benefit sighted programmers as well. We evaluate the SOD environment in a formal debugging experiment comparing 1) a visual debugger, 2) an auditory debugger, and 3) a multimedia debugger, which includes both the visual and auditory stimuli. Our results indicate that while auditory debuggers on their own are significantly less effective for sighted users when compared with visual and multimedia debuggers, multimedia debuggers might benefit sighted programmers under certain circumstances. Specifically, we found that while multimedia debuggers do not provide instant usability, once programmers have some practice, their performance improves under certain metrics.

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Nonvisual tool for navigating hierarchical structures

Cited by 27 publications

References 11 publications

AudioBrowser: a mobile browsable information access for the visually impaired

AudioBrowser: a mobile browsable information access for the visually impaired

Hybrid Auditory Based Interaction Framework for Driver Assistance System

Using spoken text to aid debugging: An empirical study

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