The Use of Sound as Context on Wearable Devices

Abstract

In this paper we will describe an experiment held to investigate the influence of different types of sound support used as context in an environment where users are not able to pay (enough) visual attention to their device. Both auditory icons and spoken text were tested against a reference group which had no sound to support them. In spite of the low number of participants it seems very likely auditory icons are a great improvement used as context. Spoken text however did not give any difference compared to the reference group