Efficiency Improvement of Information Acquisition in PC Operation with Auditory Signal

Hirohiko Honda; Kazuko Tobita

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JACIII Vol.16 No.1 pp. 124-130

doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2012.p0124

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Efficiency Improvement of Information Acquisition in PC Operation with Auditory Signal

Hirohiko Honda^* and Kazuko Tobita^**

^*Applied Computer Sciences, Shonan Institute of Technology, 1-1-25 Tsujido-Nishikaigan, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8511, Japan

^**Shonan Institute of Technology, 1-1-25 Tsujido-Nishikaigan, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-8511, Japan

Received:

May 23, 2011

Accepted:

September 5, 2011

Published:

January 20, 2012

Keywords:

human interface, assistive technology, adaptation, soundscape

Abstract

When using a personal computer (PC), the visually impaired and patients who have difficulty in maintaining a posture have a hard time in utilizing applications that rely on the state of the screen or GUI. In this study we designed a system that uses auditory signals effectively so that the changes in sound, rhythm, and tone enable the users to understand the current state and recognize transition of states. We focus on a mailing tool this time and make auditory signals selectable according to user characteristics by modifying artificial auditory signals that are similar to environmental sounds and combining them with voice synthesis. We discuss the meaning of the assistive tool that depends less on the screen.

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H. Honda and K. Tobita, “Efficiency Improvement of Information Acquisition in PC Operation with Auditory Signal,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.16 No.1, pp. 124-130, 2012.

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[1] [1] J. Ishikawa, “GUI Access Software for the Blind Current Stage and Europe: in North American and Europe,” Information Processing Society of Japan, Vol.36, No.12, pp. 1133-1139, 1995.

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Efficiency Improvement of Information Acquisition in PC Operation with Auditory Signal

Hirohiko Honda* and Kazuko Tobita**

Hirohiko Honda^* and Kazuko Tobita^**