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The VideoWindow system in informal communication
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CHI '92 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Awareness and coordination in shared workspaces
CSCW '92 Proceedings of the 1992 ACM conference on Computer-supported cooperative work
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Montage: providing teleproximity for distributed groups
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MASSIVE: a collaborative virtual environment for teleconferencing
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Tangible progress: less is more in Somewire audio spaces
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Talking in circles: designing a spatially-grounded audioconferencing environment
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Experiences in the design of the well, a group communication device for teleconviviality
Proceedings of the tenth ACM international conference on Multimedia
Can you see what i hear?: the design and evaluation of a peripheral sound display for the deaf
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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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CHI EA '97 CHI '97 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Visual feedback for starting conversation
IASTED-HCI '07 Proceedings of the Second IASTED International Conference on Human Computer Interaction
Visual feedback: its effect on teleconferencing
HCI'07 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Human-computer interaction: applications and services
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We present Ambient Pre-Communication for always-on tele-communication systems. It allows the Caller to feel more comfortable in initiating communication, as comfortable as in the real world. To start communication in the real world, determining the appropriate voice volume is essential. However, existing tele-communication systems fail to support the Caller in controlling voice volume because the systems don't provide feedback of the Caller's voice at the Receiver's site. Our proposal allows existing tele-communication systems to provide visual feedback. The key idea is to superimpose a ripple-peak-meter, which represents the sound field at the Receiver's site, on the Receiver's video signal. The Caller can control his/her voice volume using the ripple-peak-meter. We describe a prototype system and experiments in which we observed the Caller's response to the ripple-peak-meter display. The proposed method allows the Caller to easily grasp and control the volume of his/her voice at the Receiver's site and encourages him/her in commencing tele-communication.