Paper Info
Title
Smartphone Drum: Gesture-based Digital Musical Instruments Application for Deaf and Hard of Hearing People
Abstract
ABSTRACT Smartphone applications that allow users to enjoy playing musical instruments have emerged, opening up numerous related opportunities. However, it is difficult for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people to use these apps because of limited access to auditory information. When using real instruments, DHH people typically feel the music from the vibrations transmitted by the instruments or the movements of the body, which is not possible when playing with these apps. We introduce “smartphone drum,’’ a smartphone application that presents a drum-like vibrotactile sensation when the user makes a drumming motion in the air with their smartphone like a drumstick. We implemented an early prototype and received feedback from six DHH participants. We discuss the technical implementation and the future of new instruments of vibration.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1145/3485279.3488285
SUI
DocType
Citations 
PageRank 
Conference
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ryo Iijima100.34
Akihisa Shitara201.35
Sayan Sarcar34913.99
Yoichi Ochiai413143.47