The design and evaluation of an auditory-enhanced scrollbar

Brewster, Stephen; Wright, Peter; Edwards, Alistair D. N.

doi:10.1145/191666.191733

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“…The idea of using audio to improve interaction in computer-supported tasks is not new [4], more original is the extension of this idea to 3D VEs. Different types of technologies (e.g., speech recognition, 3D auditory localization and synthetic speech output) are available to provide aural feedback to users [14].…”

Section: Auditory Interfacesmentioning

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Navigation help in 3D worlds: some empirical evidences on use of sound

Ardito

Costabile

Angeli

et al. 2006

Multimed Tools Appl

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Abstract:The concept of Interaction Locus (IL) has been introduced to help the users to orient, navigate, and identify relevant interaction areas in 3D Virtual Environments (VE). The IL is a multimodal concept: it adds to the 3D visual scene parallel information channels that are perceived by other senses. In particular, the IL emphasizes the role of music as a navigation aid in a VE. This paper reports three user-evaluations of different IL enriched virtual worlds, and in particular of the role of the IL auditory component. Results suggest that audio in 3D plays not only an aesthetic role, which the users greatly appreciate, but also a functional role simplifying navigation and helping the users to recognise scenes in the environment. Such a functional role however is subordinated to a proper understanding of the semantic link between music and virtual space. While these experiments refer to desktop virtual reality environments, their findings are general enough to inform the design of navigational tools for other segments of the mixed reality domain.

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Section: Auditory Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Navigation help in 3D worlds: some empirical evidences on use of sound

Ardito

Costabile

Angeli

et al. 2006

Multimed Tools Appl

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“…Brewster et al [26] argue that the use of an auditory scrollbar is of significant benefit, providing useful sonic feedback and alleviating the user from regularly glancing at the scrollbar thumb position.…”

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confidence: 99%

WIRE 3 : Driving Around the Information Super-Highway

Goose

Djennane

2002

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

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Interactive voice browsers offer an alternative paradigm that affords ubiquitous mobile access to the WWW using a wide range of consumer devices. This technology can facilitate a safe, ''hands-free'' browsing environment that is of importance both to car drivers and various mobile and technical professionals. This paper describes the challenges of architecting an interactive voice browser that combines digital audio with the features of a speech synthesizer to make structural elements of the document explicit to the listener. The aesthetics of the audio rendition can simultaneously help reduce the monotony factor and enhance comprehension. The evolution of the voice browser gave rise to a new conceptual model of the HTML document structure and its mapping to a 3D audio space. A number of novel features are discussed for improving both the user's comprehension of the HTML document structure and their orientation within it. These factors, in turn, can improve the effectiveness of the browsing experience.

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“…The addition of sounds to the graphics package had to be fully tested to ensure they improved usability. Brewster and colleagues have successfully improved the usability of buttons, scrollbars and menus with non-speech sound (Brewster, 1997, Brewster & Crease, 1997and Brewster et al, 1994. Sounds were added to help users in situations where they could not see graphical feedback they needed.…”

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“…In previous experiments Brewster et al used sound to help users recover from errors more quickly (Brewster & Crease, 1997, Brewster et al, 1994 but did not stop the errors from occurring in the first place. In this case, the sounds alert users to the next tool that will be used and therefore if that is the wrong tool they can choose the correct one before beginning to draw, so avoiding the error in the first place.…”

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Using Earcons to Improve the Usability of a Graphics Package

Brewster

1998

People and Computers XIII

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This paper describes how non-speech sounds can be used to improve the usability of a graphics package. Sound was specifically used to aid problems with tool palettes and finding the current mouse coordinates when drawing. Tool palettes have usability problems because users need to see the information they present but they are often outside the area of visual focus. An experiment was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of adding sound to tool palettes. Earcons were used to indicate the current tool and when tool changes occurred. Results showed a significant reduction in the number of tasks performed with the wrong tool. Therefore users knew what the current tool was and did not try to perform tasks with the wrong tool. All of this was not at the expense of making the interface any more annoying to use.

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The design and evaluation of an auditory-enhanced scrollbar

Cited by 61 publications

References 8 publications

Navigation help in 3D worlds: some empirical evidences on use of sound

Navigation help in 3D worlds: some empirical evidences on use of sound

WIRE 3 : Driving Around the Information Super-Highway

Using Earcons to Improve the Usability of a Graphics Package

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