Title

Introduction to the special issue on sonic information design: Theory, methods, and practice, Part 2

Authors

Myounghoon Jeon, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
James Walker
Stephen Barass

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-28-2018

Abstract

This is the second part of the special issue on sonic information design. It continues the theme of presenting information via intentionally designed auditory displays.

The term auditory display was coined in the 1950s by Pollack and Ficks (1954), who were experimenting with auditory versions of the visual cockpit displays to improve pilot performance. Auditory display research moved to the computer in the 1980s, where human-computer interaction researchers investigated how sounds could enable visually impaired users to access digital data; they coined the term data sonification to refer to auditory versions of data visualizations on the computer screen. In 1992, the interest in auditory interfaces led Gregory Kramer to organize the first International Conference on Auditory Display (Kramer, 1994), which established canonical techniques such as earcons, auditory icons, audification, and parameter mapping.

Publisher's Statement

Find Part 1 here.

Publication Title

Ergonimics in Design

Recommended Citation

Jeon, M., Walker, J., & Barass, S. (2018). Introduction to the special issue on sonic information design: Theory, methods, and practice, Part 2. Ergonimics in Design, 27(1). http://doi.org/10.1177/1064804618814232
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