Hear it is: enhancing rapid document browsing with sound cues

Authors:
Parisa Eslambochilar;George Buchanan;Fernando Loizides
Affiliations:
Future Interaction Laboratory, Swansea University, UK;Centre for HCI Design, City University, UK;Future Interaction Laboratory, Swansea University, UK
Venue:
ECDL'09 Proceedings of the 13th European conference on Research and advanced technology for digital libraries
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Document navigation has become increasingly common place as the use of electronic documents has grown. Speed-Dependent Automatic Zooming (SDAZ) is one popular method for providing rapid movement within a digital text. However, there is evidence that details of the document are overlooked as the pace of navigation rises. We produced a document reader software where sound is used to complement the visual cues that a user searches for visually. This software was then evaluated in a user study that provides strong supportive evidence that nonvisual cues can improve user performance in visual seeking tasks.