Title
A First Investigation into the Effectiveness of Tactons
Abstract
This paper reports two experiments relating to the design of Tactons (or tactile icons). The first experiment investigated perception of vibro-tactile "roughness" (created using amplitude modulated sinusoids), and the results indicated that roughness could be used as a parameter for constructing Tactons. The second experiment is the first full evaluation of Tactons, and uses three values of roughness identified in the first experiment, along with three rhythms to create a set of Tactons. The results of this experiment showed that Tactons could be a successful means of communicating information in user interfaces, with an overall recognition rate of 71%, and recognition rates of 93% for rhythm and 80% for roughness.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1109/WHC.2005.6
WHC
Keywords
DocType
ISBN
amplitude modulated sinusoid,user interface,overall recognition rate,tactile icon,full evaluation,recognition rate,successful mean,first investigation,user interfaces,rhythm,acoustical engineering,amplitude modulation,human computer interaction
Conference
0-7695-2310-2
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
108
12.82
8
Authors
3
Search Limit
100108
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lorna M Brown180972.72
Stephen Brewster24913474.60
Helen C. Purchase3138995.23