InfoSound: An audio aid to program comprehension

Diane H. Sonnenwald; B. Gopinath; Gary O. Haberman; William M. Keese; John S. Myers

InfoSound: An audio aid to program comprehension

Diane H. Sonnenwald^*, B. Gopinath, Gary O. Haberman, William M. Keese, John S. Myers

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Department of Communication

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The authors explore ways to enhance users' comprehension of complex applications using music and sound effects to present application-program events that are difficult to detect visually. A prototype system, Infosound, allows developers to create and store musical sequences and sound effects with application events, and have real-time, continuous auditory control of sounds during application execution. InfoSound has been used to create auditory interfaces for two applications: a telephone network service simulation and a parallel computation simulation. The auditory interfaces in these applications helped users detect rapid, multiple-event sequences that were difficult to visually detect using text and graphical interfaces. The authors describe the architecture of InfoSound, the use of the system, and the lessons learned.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science
Editors	Lee W. Hoevel, Bruce D. Shriver, Jay F.Jr. Nunamaker, Ralph H.Jr. Sprague, Velijko Milutinovic
Number of pages	6
Volume	2
Publisher	Publ by Western Periodicals Co
Publication date	1 Jan 1990
Pages	541-546
ISBN (Print)	0818620099
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1990

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Sonnenwald, D. H., Gopinath, B., Haberman, G. O., Keese, W. M., & Myers, J. S. (1990). InfoSound: An audio aid to program comprehension. In L. W. Hoevel, B. D. Shriver, J. F. J. Nunamaker, R. H. J. Sprague, & V. Milutinovic (Eds.), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science (Vol. 2, pp. 541-546). Publ by Western Periodicals Co. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025227585&partnerID=8YFLogxK

InfoSound : An audio aid to program comprehension. / Sonnenwald, Diane H.; Gopinath, B.; Haberman, Gary O. et al.

Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science. ed. / Lee W. Hoevel; Bruce D. Shriver; Jay F.Jr. Nunamaker; Ralph H.Jr. Sprague; Velijko Milutinovic. Vol. 2 Publ by Western Periodicals Co, 1990. p. 541-546.

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Sonnenwald, DH, Gopinath, B, Haberman, GO, Keese, WM & Myers, JS 1990, InfoSound: An audio aid to program comprehension. in LW Hoevel, BD Shriver, JFJ Nunamaker, RHJ Sprague & V Milutinovic (eds), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Science. vol. 2, Publ by Western Periodicals Co, pp. 541-546. <http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0025227585&partnerID=8YFLogxK>

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