AudioMap: Sonification
Motivation: improve vision-impaired users access to
geo-referenced statistical
data
Approach: interactive sonification
Tie
spatial sound to areas to create a virtual map
Data-to-sound mapping: Piano pitch -> value.
Can be followed by short string pitch -> vertical position
Can be followed by short string pitch -> vertical position
Interactions
for auditory information seeking
Gist
(overview): spatial sweeping
Navigation:
state-by-state exploration
Details-on-demand:
name & value
spoken on request
Pilot
user study (9 sighted subjects)
Users can recognize some geographical
patterns
patterns
Users
preferred spatial audio map over table
