@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 {17258,
	title = {Interactive sonification of choropleth maps},
	journal = {IEEE Multimedia},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2005},
	month = {2005/06//April},
	pages = {26 - 35},
	abstract = {Auditory information is an important channel for the visually impaired. Effective sonification (the use of non-speech audio to convey information) promotes equal working opportunities for people with vision impairments by helping them explore data collections for problem solving and decision making. Interactive sonification systems can make georeferenced data accessible to people with vision impairments. The authors compare methods for using sound to encode georeferenced data patterns and for navigating maps.},
	keywords = {audio signal processing, audio user interfaces, Auditory (non-speech) feedback, auditory information, cartography, choropleth maps, data collections, decision making, Evaluation, Feedback, georeferenced data, Guidelines, handicapped aids, Hardware, HUMANS, information resources, interaction style, Interactive sonification, interactive systems, Navigation, nonspeech audio, problem solving, Problem-solving, sound, universal usability, US Government, User interfaces, vision impairments, World Wide Web},
	isbn = {1070-986X},
	doi = {10.1109/MMUL.2005.28},
	author = {Zhao,Haixia and Smith,B. K and Norman,K. and Plaisant, Catherine and Shneiderman, Ben}
}
