@article {16065,
	title = {Data Sonification for Users with Visual Impairment: A Case Study with Georeferenced Data},
	journal = {ACM Trans. Comput.-Hum. Interact.},
	volume = {15},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008/05//},
	pages = {4:1{\textendash}4:28 - 4:1{\textendash}4:28},
	abstract = {We describe the development and evaluation of a tool, iSonic, to assist users with visual impairment in exploring georeferenced data using coordinated maps and tables, augmented with nontextual sounds and speech output. Our in-depth case studies with 7 blind users during 42 hours of data collection, showed that iSonic enabled them to find facts and discover trends in georeferenced data, even in unfamiliar geographical contexts, without special devices. Our design was guided by an Action-by-Design-Component (ADC) framework, which was also applied to scatterplots to demonstrate its generalizability. Video and download is available at www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/iSonic/.},
	keywords = {auditory user interfaces, information seeking, Interactive sonification, universal usability, users with visual impairment},
	isbn = {1073-0516},
	doi = {10.1145/1352782.1352786},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1352782.1352786},
	author = {Zhao,Haixia and Plaisant, Catherine and Shneiderman, Ben and Lazar,Jonathan}
}
@article {17475,
	title = {Users can change their web search tactics: Design guidelines for categorized overviews},
	journal = {Information Processing \& Management},
	volume = {44},
	year = {2008},
	month = {2008/03//},
	pages = {463 - 484},
	abstract = {Categorized overviews of web search results are a promising way to support user exploration, understanding, and discovery. These search interfaces combine a metadata-based overview with the list of search results to enable a rich form of interaction. A study of 24 sophisticated users carrying out complex tasks suggests how searchers may adapt their search tactics when using categorized overviews. This mixed methods study evaluated categorized overviews of web search results organized into thematic, geographic, and government categories. Participants conducted four exploratory searches during a 2-hour session to generate ideas for newspaper articles about specified topics such as {\textquotedblleft}human smuggling.{\textquotedblright} Results showed that subjects explored deeper while feeling more organized, and that the categorized overview helped subjects better assess their results, although no significant differences were detected in the quality of the article ideas. A qualitative analysis of searcher comments identified seven tactics that participants reported adopting when using categorized overviews. This paper concludes by proposing a set of guidelines for the design of exploratory search interfaces. An understanding of the impact of categorized overviews on search tactics will be useful to web search researchers, search interface designers, information architects and web developers.},
	keywords = {categorization, Categorized overviews, Categorized search results, Exploratory search, Human-computer interaction, information seeking, Search result visualization, Search user interfaces, Web search},
	isbn = {0306-4573},
	doi = {10.1016/j.ipm.2007.07.014},
	url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306457307001574},
	author = {Kules,Bill and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
@conference {16099,
	title = {"I hear the pattern": interactive sonification of geographical data patterns},
	booktitle = {CHI {\textquoteright}05 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems},
	series = {CHI EA {\textquoteright}05},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005///},
	pages = {1905 - 1908},
	publisher = {ACM},
	organization = {ACM},
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	abstract = {Interactive sonification (non-speech sound) is a novel strategy to present the geographical distribution patterns of statistical data to vision impaired users. We discuss the design space with dimensions of interaction actions, data representation forms, input devices, navigation structures, and sound feedback encoding. Two interfaces were designed, one using a keyboard and another using a smooth surface touch tablet. A study with three blind users shows that they are able to perceive patterns of 5-category values on both familiar and unknown maps, and learn new map geography, in both interfaces.},
	keywords = {auditory user interfaces, information seeking, sonification, universal usability, vision impairment},
	isbn = {1-59593-002-7},
	doi = {10.1145/1056808.1057052},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1056808.1057052},
	author = {Zhao,Haixia and Plaisant, Catherine and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
@conference {16098,
	title = {iSonic: interactive sonification for non-visual data exploration},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility},
	series = {Assets {\textquoteright}05},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005///},
	pages = {194 - 195},
	publisher = {ACM},
	organization = {ACM},
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	abstract = {iSonic is an interactive sonification tool for vision impaired users to explore geo-referenced statistical data, such as population or crime rates by geographical regions. Users use a keyboard or a smooth surface touchpad to interact with coordinated map and table views of the data. The integrated use of musical sounds and speech allows users to grasp the overall data trends and to explore the data to get more details. Scenarios of use are described.},
	keywords = {auditory user interfaces, information seeking, sonification, universal usability, vision impairment},
	isbn = {1-59593-159-7},
	doi = {10.1145/1090785.1090826},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1090785.1090826},
	author = {Zhao,Haixia and Plaisant, Catherine and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
@conference {17489,
	title = {Visual information seeking: tight coupling of dynamic query filters with starfield displays},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: celebrating interdependence},
	series = {CHI {\textquoteright}94},
	year = {1994},
	month = {1994///},
	pages = {313 - 317},
	publisher = {ACM},
	organization = {ACM},
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	keywords = {database query, dynamic queries, information seeking, starfield displays, tight coupling},
	isbn = {0-89791-650-6},
	doi = {10.1145/191666.191775},
	url = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/191666.191775},
	author = {Ahlberg,Christopher and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
