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Nods Drive Audio Interface - (Updating Man Machine interface )
Technology Reviews - MIT ^
| June 9, 2003
| Technology Research News
Posted on 06/10/2003 11:36:52 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The interface between human and computer is less than ideal, especially in an age when computers are becoming more portable.
Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Canadian National Research Council have devised a pair of interaction techniques that allow people to manipulate mobile computers without looking at or talking to them.
The first technique is a three-dimensional audio menu that presents users with sounds or speech that seems to come from different directions. Users select items by nodding in the direction of the audio choice.
The second technique involves tracing shapes like X, N, and / onto a screen. Key to the no-look method is audio feedback. The screen is divided into nine squares, and one of nine different chords sounds depending on where the user's finger is. The researchers' prototype employs 12 shapes to control an MP3 player.
The techniques, which require headphones and a head-tracking device, are designed for mobile environments where people cannot take their eyes off another task, and for situations too noisy for speech recognition.
The methods are ready for practical application, according to the researchers. The work was presented at the Association of Computing Machinery Computer-Human Interaction (ACM-CHI) conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 5-10, 2003.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Technical
KEYWORDS: computing; techindex
Machine must be able to recognize when us oldsters are nodding off to sleep and shut itself down automagically. That would be real good!
To: *tech_index; Sparta; freedom9; martin_fierro; PatriotGames; Mathlete; fjsva; grundle; beckett; ...
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06/10/2003 11:37:23 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
06/10/2003 11:43:39 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
Those Kraftwerk guys enjoy wearing lipstick entirely too much.
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posted on
06/10/2003 11:44:26 AM PDT
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martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
OK:
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posted on
06/10/2003 11:52:22 AM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wir fahn fahn fahn auf der Autobahn!
Ich bin der Überkraftfahrer!
<|:)~
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posted on
06/10/2003 11:58:23 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: martin_fierro
Ra-dio-ac-tiv-ity.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I wonder how this will work for those of us with an impairment in one ear that makes localizing sounds difficult.
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06/10/2003 12:04:31 PM PDT
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js1138
To: js1138
Sign up for the research team!
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posted on
06/10/2003 12:07:26 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
I'm not so sure I would like a system requiring head nods be necessary to control a devise.
To: DoughtyOne
You could have several canned rants and by nodding just include them right here on FreeRepublic.
Seems good to me!
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06/10/2003 12:14:04 PM PDT
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Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Recall Gray Davis and then start on the other Democrats)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
But what if I noded in agreement, then posted a canned damnation to one of my buds? ;)
To: DoughtyOne
Guess you would need a canned apology also!
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posted on
06/10/2003 12:28:23 PM PDT
by
Ernest_at_the_Beach
(Where is Saddam? and his Weapons of Mass Destruction?)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
How about a canned idea? LOL I'm just kidding. Maybe it's a great idea, we'll see.
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