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Multimedia communication is the rule rather than the exception in most human interaction other than with computers. There is a great deal which can be learned from traditional communication and applied to human-computer interaction in an educational context. This chapter is based upon such an approach, looking at the use of non-speech sounds. This is a good example of the expansion of the interface in that previously auditory output from computers have generally been restricted to undifferentiated ‘beeps’, which implies that one of the most powerful channels of communication has been virtually ignored.
This work was performed under the auspies of the US Department of Energy by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, under Contract No. W-7405-Eng-48.
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Blattner, M.M., Greenberg, R.M. (1992). Communicating and Learning Through Non-speech Audio. In: Edwards, A.D.N., Holland, S. (eds) Multimedia Interface Design in Education. NATO ASI Series, vol 76. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58126-7_9
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