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Non-Speech Audio-Semiotics: A Review and Revision of Auditory Icon and Earcon Theory
Non-Speech Audio-Semiotics: A Review and Revision of Auditory Icon and Earcon Theory
dc.contributor.author | Oswald, David | en_US |
dc.contributor.corporatename | International Community for Auditory Display | |
dc.contributor.corporatename | Fachhochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-07-23T15:43:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-07-23T15:43:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012-06 | |
dc.description | Presented at the 18th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2012) on June 18-21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. | en_US |
dc.description | Reprinted by permission of the International Community for Auditory Display, http://www.icad.org. | en_US |
dc.description | Presented at the 18th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD2012) on June 18-21, 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. | |
dc.description | Reprinted by permission of the International Community for Auditory Display, http://www.icad.org. | |
dc.description.abstract | The aim of this paper is to develop a theory and taxonomy of auditory signs, based on semiotics. For more than two decades, the discourse on non-speech audio interfaces has been dominated by a dichotomy between auditory icons, which are based on everyday hearing, and earcons, which are based on musical hearing. The corresponding theory behind these concepts has to be revised for several reasons. First, the authors of these theories partly use semiotic concepts and terminology, but not always in a correct way. Second, the classification of auditory icons as "iconic", and earcons as "abstract" is too simple and based on the questionable premise that everyday sounds are per se iconic and musical motives are per se abstract and symbolic. Third, this widespread idea ignores the crucial role of the user in the process of perception. In addition, the users' perception of visual and auditory signs in computer interfaces is fundamentally different today, from how it was in the early years of graphical user interfaces — the time when the first auditory interfaces and the corresponding theories were developed. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Auditory Display, Atlanta, GA, USA, 18-21 June 2012. Ed. Michael A. Nees, Bruce N. Walker, Jason Freeman. The International Community for Auditory Display, 2012. 36-43. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2168-5126 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44434 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | |
dc.publisher.original | International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | ICAD2012. Papers II: Theory and Methods | en_US |
dc.subject | Auditory display | en_US |
dc.subject | Taxonomy of auditory signs | en_US |
dc.subject | Semiotics | en_US |
dc.subject | Relation between sign and object | en_US |
dc.subject | Auditory icons | en_US |
dc.subject | Earcons | en_US |
dc.title | Non-Speech Audio-Semiotics: A Review and Revision of Auditory Icon and Earcon Theory | en_US |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
local.contributor.corporatename | Sonification Lab | |
local.relation.ispartofseries | International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD) | |
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