Title
Tactile crescendos and sforzandos: applying musical techniques to tactile icon design
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1145/1125451.1125578
CHI Extended Abstracts
Field
DocType
ISBN
Icon design,Computer science,Dynamics (music),Musical,Human–computer interaction,Information display,Multimedia,Perception
Conference
1-59593-298-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
16
2.00
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lorna M Brown180972.72
Stephen Brewster24913474.60
Helen C. Purchase3138995.23