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A problem with mobile computing devices is the output of dynamic information owing to their small screens. This paper describes an experiment to investigate the use of non-speech sounds to present dynamic information without using visual display space. Results showed that non-speech sound could be used in a simple share-dealing scenario to present a “sound graph” of share prices. This allowed participants to reduce the workload they had to invest in share-price monitoring as they could listen to the graph whilst they worked in a share accumulation window.
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Brewster, S., Murray, R. Presenting dynamic information on mobile computers. Personal Technologies 4, 209–212 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391559
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