Eyes-free overviews for mobile map applications

Authors:
David McGookin;Stephen Brewster
Affiliations:
University of Glasgow, Glasgow;University of Glasgow, Glasgow
Venue:
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Year:
2009

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Abstract

We outline two new auditory interaction techniques which build upon existing visual techniques to display off-screen points of interest (POI) in map based mobile computing applications. SonicPie uses a pie menu and compass metaphor, allowing a user to scroll around the environment, hearing off-screen POIs in a spatialised auditory environment. EdgeTouch integrates with the Wedge technique of Gustafson et al. [2], sonifying the POIs as the user comes into contact with them when moving his or her finger around a "sonification border".