Auditory Interfaces map to event in computer sound new mail mail sent windows startup windows shutdown

Design the map from event to sound Choose the events - type of event, ok, error, … - Choose sounds - speech, non speech - non speech - beeps - earcons - auditory icons

Earcons

Musical listening: the perception of the sound: - pitch, loudness, dynamics, timbre, register Everyday listening: the perception of the source: - auditory event perception - interaction, force, size, material, location, environment

What in the world do we hear? configurations of materials interacting in an environment perceptible dimensions and attributes of sources

Auditory Icons Interface events maps to sounds by analogy to everyday sound-producing events. - e.g. selecting – tapping, copying - filling

Dragging a file to the trashcan select object

drag object

drag the object over the trashcan

release the object