SPATIAL AUDITORY DISPLAYS A STUDY ON THE USE OF VIRTUAL AUDIO ENVIRONMENTS AS INTERFACES FOR USERS WITH VISUAL DISABILITIES

Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Audio Effects, DAFx

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 384-389

  Frauenberger, Christopher ^a   Putz, Veronika ^a   Höldrich, Robert ^a  

^a Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

AS INTERFACES; AUDIO RENDERING; AUDITORY DISPLAY; HIGH DEFINITION; SAMPLE APPLICATIONS; SPATIAL AUDIO; TEXT INPUT; TYPICAL APPLICATION; VISUAL DISABILITY; VISUALLY-IMPAIRED USERS;

EID: 85138817005     PISSN: 24136700     EISSN: 24136689     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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