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Evaluation of a non-visual auditory choropleth and travel map viewer

dc.contributor.author Biggs, Brandon
dc.contributor.author Toth, Christopher
dc.contributor.author Stockman, Tony
dc.contributor.author Coughlan, James M.
dc.contributor.author Walker, Bruce N.
dc.contributor.corporatename International Community for Auditory Display
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Sonification Lab
dc.contributor.corporatename Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, San Francisco
dc.contributor.corporatename Queen Mary University of London
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-29T15:53:49Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-29T15:53:49Z
dc.date.issued 2022-06
dc.description Presented at the 27th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2022) 24-27 June 2022, Virtual conference. en_US
dc.description Presented at the 27th International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD 2022) 24-27 June 2022, Virtual conference.
dc.description.abstract The auditory virtual reality interface of Audiom, a web-based map viewer, was evaluated by thirteen blind participants. In Audiom, the user is an avatar that navigates, using the arrow keys, through geographic data, as if they are playing a first-person, egocentric game. The research questions were: What will make blind users want to use Audiom maps? And Can participants demonstrate basic acquisition of spatial knowledge after viewing an auditory map? A dynamic choropleth map of state-level US COVID-19 data, and a detailed OpenStreetMap powered travel map, were evaluated. All participants agreed they wanted more maps of all kinds, in particular county-level COVID data, and they would use Audiom once some bugs were fixed and their few recommended features were added. Everyone wanted to see Audiom embedded in their existing travel and mapping applications. All participants were able to answer a question evaluating spatial knowledge. Participants also agreed this spatial information was not available in existing applications. en_US
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.21785/icad2022.027 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/67387
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.rights Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ *
dc.subject Auditory display en_US
dc.subject Auditory virtual reality en_US
dc.title Evaluation of a non-visual auditory choropleth and travel map viewer en_US
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Proceedings
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local.contributor.author Walker, Bruce N.
local.contributor.corporatename Sonification Lab
local.relation.ispartofseries International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD)
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