Effective Design of Auditory Displays: Comparing Various Octave Ranges of Pitch and Panning
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Ritchey, Paul
Muse, Lindsey
Nguyen, Harry
Burks, Ricky
Peres, S. Camille
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Abstract
There is a large volume of research on designing effective
visual displays, however there is little empirical research
informing basic design on auditory displays. With the
decreasing size of hardware (e.g., hand-held devices) and
the increasing amount of software available, auditory
displays are viable option for communicating data in places
that have limited space for visual displays and for eye-busy
environments. Auditory graphs are auditory displays that
map quantified data to acoustic dimensions, such as pitch
and panning, to represent changes in data. In the present
study, we investigate the octave range of pitch that most
effectively represents the data in an auditory graph, as well
as the effects of utilizing the acoustic dimension panning to
give participants added temporal context. Significant
results were found that support the use of panning. A
significant interaction between the reported maximum
temperatures and octave range, as well as a significant
main effect was found for the type of statistic participants
were asked to report (minimum value, maximum value,
and average value), these results are discussed
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2010-06
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