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Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: CHI Day 4 continued
- To: Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Ayatana] Fwd: CHI Day 4 continued
- From: Walter Wittel <wittelw@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 07:36:40 -0700
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WRT sound I am on a bus now in Seattle with noise canceling
headphones. Also keep in mind that notifications should be multi-modal
both to accommodate people with disabilities and also non-office
environments. OTOH the sound mode is great for low visibility
situations.
Great thread!
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Jim Rorie <jfrorie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2010-04-15 at 08:40 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>> Authors discussed how artificial subtle expressions, simple and
>> low-cost
>> expressions like beeping sounds or blinking LEDs, could convey the
>> internal states of artifacts to users like non verbal information.
>
> Part of my particular push toward the sound themes. I termed it
> accessibility, but it applies to typical user as well. Sounds are very
> non intrusive form of notification(if done well) and ingrain deeply in
> our psyche. Ask Pavlov's mutt.
>
> New mail notifications signal events same as the device
> connected/disconnected sounds that we all are very familiar with.
> State type information that Charlene is referring to would be something
> novel like the musical pitch of the entire sound theme could being
> lowered by an octave as battery power drains to a critical level.
> Something easily done with a DFT audio processing routine.
>
> An opposite increase in octave could signal another type of UP mode. If
> your were working with midi material, you might shift the audio to a
> minor key to signal yet another perhaps negative state. (Minor keys have
> a lot of dissonance, they sound sad when played)
>
> Intensity can be played with for notifications from important contacts
> either through amplitude to speeding up the track. A little stronger
> for emails from mom.
>
>
>> In
>> user testing, they found that people could read emotions in sounds
>> and
>> could decode sound according to their pitch, duration and intensity.
>
> LOL. I think Mozart figured that out a few centuries ago. :)
>
>
>
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