Enhanced auditory menu cues improve dual task performance and are preferred with in-vehicle technologies

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, AutomotiveUI 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 91-98

  Jeon, Myounghoon ^a   Davison, Benjamin K ^a   Nees, Michael A ^a   Wilson, Jeff ^a   Walker, Bruce N ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory display; Auditory menus; Dual task; Infotainment; IVTs (In Vehicle Technologies); Multiple resources; Spearcon; Spindex; TTS (Text to Speech)

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY DISPLAY; AUDITORY MENUS; DUAL TASK; INFOTAINMENT; IVTS (IN-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES); MULTIPLE RESOURCES; SPEARCON; SPINDEX; TTS (TEXT-TO-SPEECH);

BIOINFORMATICS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; NASA; NAVIGATION; SPEECH; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; USER INTERFACES;

VEHICLES;

EID: 70350676507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1620509.1620528     Document Type: Conference Paper

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