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Interactive sonification of geo-referenced data

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This paper describes an investigation of using interactive sonification (non-speech sound) to present geo-referenced statistical data to vision-impaired users for problem solving and decision making. By working with vision-impaired users, the work will identify effective interaction and sound designs for geo-referenced data, and derive principles that can guide general interactive data sonification designs for auditory information seeking.

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          CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
          April 2005
          1358 pages
          ISBN:1595930027
          DOI:10.1145/1056808

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