Sonicfunction: Experiments with a Function Browser for the Visually Impaired
Loading...
Author(s)
Grond, Florian
Droßard, Trixi
Hermann, Thomas
Advisor(s)
Editor(s)
Collections
Supplementary to:
Permanent Link
Abstract
We present in this paper SonicFunction, a prototype for the
interactive sonification of mathematical functions. Since many approaches
to represent mathematical functions as auditory graphs
exist already, we introduce in SonicFunction three new aspects
related to sound design. Firstly, SonicFunction features
a hybrid approach of discrete and continuous sonification
of the function values f(x). Secondly, the sonification includes
information about the derivative of the function. Thirdly,
SonicFunction includes information about the sign of the
function value f(x) within the timbre of the sonification and leaves
the auditory graph context free for an acoustic representation of the
bounding box. We discuss SonicFunction within the context
of existing function sonifications, and report the results from an
evaluation of the program with 14 partially sighted and blind students.
Sponsor
Date
2010-06
Extent
Resource Type
Text
Resource Subtype
Proceedings