VocalSketch: Vocally imitating audio concepts

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 2015-April, Issue , 2015, Pages 43-46

  Cartwright, Mark ^a   Pardo, Bryan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio software; Data set; User interaction; Vocal imitation

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

AUDIO SOFTWARE; BUILD SYSTEMS; DATA SET; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; USER INTERACTION; VISUAL CONCEPT; VOCAL IMITATION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84951062648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2702123.2702387     Document Type: Conference Paper

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