Paper Info
Title
Non-Verbal Imitations as a Sketching Tool for Sound Design.
Abstract
The article reports initial data supporting the idea of using non-verbal vocal imitations as a sketching and communication tool for sound design. First, a case study observed participants trying to communicate a referent sound to another person. Analysis of the videos of the conversations showed that participants spontaneously used descriptive and imitative vocalizations in more than half of the conversations. Second, an experiment compared recognition accuracy for different types of referent sounds when they were communicated either by a verbalization or a non-verbal vocal imitation. Results showed that recognition was always accurate with vocal imitations, even for sounds that were otherwise very difficult to verbally communicate. Recognition with verbalizations was accurate only for identifiable sounds. Altogether, these data confirm that vocal imitations are an effective communication device for sounds. We finally describe a recently-launched European project whose objective is precisely to use non-verbal imitations as a sketching tool for sound design.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1007/978-3-319-12976-1_34
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
Vocal imitations,Imitations,Perception,Cognition,Recognition,Sound design
Visual arts,Sound design,Computer science,Referent,Cognitive psychology,Speech recognition,Nonverbal communication,Imitation,Cognition,Perception,Communication device
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
8905
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
8
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guillaume Lemaitre11349.38
Patrick Susini2758.39
Davide Rocchesso322439.14
Christophe Lambourg400.34
Patrick Boussard500.68