Title:
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
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dc.type.genre Proceedings
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