The design of sonically-enhanced widgets

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-235

  Brewster, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory interfaces; Earcons; Interface sonification; Interface toolkits; Non speech audio; Widgets

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; AUDITION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EARCONS; NON SPEECH AUDIO; SONICALLY ENHANCED WIDGETS;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0032284132     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-5438(98)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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