Audio or tactile feedback: which modality when?

Eve Hoggan, Andrew Crossan, Stephen Brewster, Topi Kaaresoja

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71 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

When designing interfaces for mobile devices it is import-ant to take into account the variety of contexts of use. We present a study that examines how changing noise and disturbance in the environment affects user performance in a touchscreen typing task with the interface being presented through visual only, visual and tactile, or visual and audio feedback. The aim of the study is to show at what exact environmental levels audio or tactile feedback become ineffective. The results show significant decreases in performance for audio feedback at levels of 94dB and above as well as decreases in performance for tactile feedback at vibration levels of 9.18g/s. These results suggest that at these levels, feedback should be presented by a different modality. These findings will allow designers to take advantage of sensor enabled mobile devices to adapt the provided feed-back to the user's current context.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCHI '09: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
EditorsSaul Greenberg, Scott E. Hudson, Ken Hinckley, Meredith Ringel Morris, Dan R. Olsen Jr.
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages2253-2256
Number of pages4
Volume1
ISBN (Print)9781605582474, 9781605582467
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009) - Boston, United States
Duration: 4 Apr 20099 Apr 2009

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Conference

Conference27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009)
Abbreviated titleCHI 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period4/04/099/04/09

Keywords

  • Audio
  • Crossmodal
  • Mobile interaction
  • Tactile
  • Touchscreen

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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