Eoin Brazil

Audio information browsing with the Sonic Browser

Collections of sound and music of increasing size and diversity are used both by general personal computer users and multimedia designers. Browsing audio collections poses several challenges to the design of effective user interfaces. We present the Sonic Browser, an application for browsing sound collections on personal computers. We describe how a novel user interface with multiple views can be applied to the browsing of audio collections. Finally, we conclude with current trends of our approach for further improvement of the system.

A review of methods and frameworks for sonic interaction design: exploring existing approaches

This article presents a review of methods and frameworks focused on the early conceptual design of sonic interactions. The aim of the article is to provide novice and expert designers in human computer interaction an introduction to sonic interaction design, to auditory displays, and to the methods used to design the sounds and interactions. A range of the current best practices are analysed. These are discussed with regard to the key methods and concepts, by providing examples from existing work in the field. A complementary framework is presented to highlight how these methods can be used together by an auditory display designer at the early conceptual design stage. These methods are reflected upon and provides a closing discussion on the future directions of research that can be explored using these approaches.