AUDITORY INTERFACES:

The Use of Non-Speech Audio
at the Interface

William Buxton, Alias|Wavefront, 210 King St. East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1J7

William Gaver, CRD Research Studio, Stevens Building, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU, UK

Sara Bly, Sara Bly Consulting, 24511 NW Moreland Road, North Plains, OR 97133, USA
 
 
 
 

© 1994 William Buxton, William Gaver, Sara Bly

Draft Manuscript

The following is the manuscript of a "work stopped in progress" in 1994.  That is, it is a book that we started, but never finished.  Nevertheless, we used the manuscript in its various forms for tutorials and courses that we taught, always with the expectation that we would finish.  Well, the reality is, that is not going to happen.  Neverthelss, despite its lack of completion, the manuscript represents a fair bit of work in an area that does not have much of a literature.

So, to make what we have done available, it is presented here in "as is" form.

If you want to take it on as a project, feel free to contact us.  In the meantime, we hope that it provides some value.

Table of Contents:

  0. Preface

  1. Nonspeech Audio: an Introduction.

  2. Acoustics and Psychoacoustics

  3. Auralization:  Representing Data as Sound

  4. Auditory Interfaces

  5. Everyday Listening

  6. Auditory Icons

  7. The Practicalities of Nonspeech Audio

  8. Summary and Future Research

  9. Glossary

10.  List of Audio Examples

11.  References and Bibliography