Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design

Lorna M. Brown; Stephen A. Brewster; Helen C. Purchase

doi:10.1145/1125451.1125578

Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design

Lorna M. Brown, Stephen A. Brewster, Helen C. Purchase

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Abstract

Tactile icons (Tactons) are structured vibrotactile messages which can be used for non visual information display. Information is encoded in Tactons by manipulating vibrotactile parameters. This research investigates the possibilities of applying musical techniques to tactile icon design in order to define such parameters. Tactile versions of musical dynamics were created by manipulating the amplitude of vibrations to create increasing, decreasing, and level stimuli and an experiment was carried out to test perception of these stimuli. Identification rates of 92%-100% indicate that these tactile dynamics can be identified and distinguished from each other, and that tactile dynamics could be used in Tacton design.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI'06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'06
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	610-615
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	1595932984, 9781595932983
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125578
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2006 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 22 Apr 2006 → 27 Apr 2006 Conference number: 24th

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2006
Abbreviated title	CHI 2006
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	22/04/06 → 27/04/06

Keywords

Non-visual interaction
Tactile icons
Tactons

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Brown, LM, Brewster, SA & Purchase, HC 2006, Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design. in CHI'06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'06. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 610-615, International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 22/04/06. https://doi.org/10.1145/1125451.1125578

Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design. / Brown, Lorna M.; Brewster, Stephen A.; Purchase, Helen C.
CHI'06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA'06. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2006. p. 610-615.

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