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CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
"I hear the pattern": interactive sonification of geographical data patterns
In this paper we describe our investigation of using interactive sonification (non-speech sound) to present the geographical distribution pattern of statistical data to vision imp...
Haixia Zhao, Catherine Plaisant, Ben Shneiderman
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Interactive sonification of geo-referenced data
This paper describes an investigation of using interactive sonification (non-speech sound) to present geo-referenced statistical data to vision-impaired users for problem solving ...
Haixia Zhao
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Info-lotus: a peripheral visualization for email notification
We designed a peripheral notification visualization called "Info-Lotus". The Info-Lotus is an aesthetically pleasing visualization that offers users a "glance-able&...
Leizhong Zhang, Nan Tu, Dave Vronay
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Towards knowledge building in professional groups
In this submission for the CHI05 Development forum, I reflect on my experience leading the Experience Design community of interest of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and su...
John Zapolski
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Improving web accessibility using content-aware plug-ins
This paper describes a novel approach to improve blind and visually impaired people's access to the Web by using a content-aware Web browser plug-in coupled with audio and ha...
Wai Yu, Graham McAllister, Philip Strain, Ravi Kub...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Single complex glyphs versus multiple simple glyphs
Designers of information visualization systems have the choice to present information in a single integrated view or in multiple views. In practice, there is a continuum between t...
Beth Yost, Chris North
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
From creating virtual gestures to "writing" in sign languages
Sign languages have been proven to be natural languages, as capable of expressing human thoughts and emotions as traditional languages are. The distinct visual and spatial nature ...
Beifang Yi, Frederick C. Harris Jr., Sergiu M. Das...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Toss-it: intuitive information transfer techniques for mobile devices
In recent years, mobile devices have rapidly penetrated into our daily lives. However, several drawbacks of mobile devices have been mentioned so far. The proposed system called T...
Koji Yatani, Koiti Tamura, Keiichi Hiroki, Masanor...
CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Deciphering visual gist and its implications for video retrieval and interface design
How do people make sense of a video based on viewing a few frames of that video? What elements constitute the "visual gist" in their minds? Answers to these questions wi...
Meng Yang, Gary Marchionini