Comparing speech and nonspeech warnings

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 746-749

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Walters, Kathryn ^a   Hellier, Elizabeth ^a   Weedon, Ben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS;

NON-SPEECH WARNINGS; SPEECH WARNINGS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842685283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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