ITERATIVE DESIGN OF AUDITORY DISPLAYS INVOLVING DATA SONIFICATIONS AND AUTHENTIC OCEAN DATA
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Bellona, Jon
Li, Huaigu
Roberts, Jessica
Bower, Amy
Smith, Leslie
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The “Accessible Oceans” pilot project aims to inclusively design auditory displays that support perception and understanding of ocean data in informal learning environments (ILEs). The project’s multi-disciplinary team includes expertise from all related fields— ocean scientists, dataset experts, a sound designer with specialization in data sonification, and a learning sciences researcher. In addition, the PI is blind and provides a crucial perspective in our research. We describe the sound design of informative sonifications and respective auditory displays based on iterative design with user input at each stage, including from blind and low-vision (BLV) students, their teachers, and subject-matter experts. We discuss the importance of framing data sonifications through an auditory presentation of contextual information. We also report on our latest auditory display evaluation using Auditory Interface UX Scale (BUZZ) surveys at three ILE test sites. These responses further affirm our auditory display design developments. We include access to the auditory displays media and lessons learned over the course of this multi-year NSF-funded Advancing Informal Stem Learning (AISL) grant period.
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2024-06
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