Voice as sound: using non-verbal voice input for interactive control
Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand
Abstracting Craft: The Practiced Digital Hand
In-situ speech visualization in real-time interactive installation and performance
Proceedings of the 3rd international symposium on Non-photorealistic animation and rendering
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Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human-Computer Relationship
Acoustic control of mouse pointer
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The vocal joystick:: evaluation of voice-based cursor control techniques
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Longitudinal study of continuous non-speech operated mouse pointer
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The drive to create: an investigation of tools to support disabled artists
Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI conference on Creativity & cognition
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In this paper, we report on our investigation into people's ability to use the volume of their voice to create digital drawings. This is especially hopeful for artists with upper limb disabilities who show remarkable endurance, patience and determination to create art with whatever means available to them. We developed a prototype 'voice art' system to investigate the potential of this form of interaction. Our first experiment showed that varying the volume of the voice is both comfortable and intuitive. However, it was ascertained the instant usability of volume based control is better suited for target acquisition tasks as opposed to drawing tasks. Nevertheless, the results indicate the potential learnability of volume control for drawing. A second experiment investigated the long-term learnability of this form of interaction. The results show that drawing using voice volume control is a skill that can be developed with time. We believe that voice volume control has implications beyond assisting artists with upper limb disabilities. Such possible implications may be: an alternative mode of interaction for disabled people to perform tasks other than creating visual art; for people whose hands are busy elsewhere; and as a voice training system for people with speech impairments.