Presentation 2014-03-08
Effectiveness of a Musical Scale to Represent a Table
Mizuho IGATA, Hikari YAMAMOTO, Takayuki WATANABE,
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Abstract(in English) We have investigated if a musical scale, which was appended in a cell element, is effective for the visually impaired to understand the content of a table. Experiments were carried out with 24 sighted subjects. As a result, in terms of task completion time, there was no significant difference between the table with a musical scale and the table without it. In terms of mental workload, however, we found there was a significant difference between the two tables. A sense of pitch made no difference to both task completion time and mental workload. Subjects told that a table with a musical scale was more pleasant than a table without it.
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Keyword(in English) Web / auditory representation / musical scale / NVDA / screen reader / table
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Conference Date 2014/2/28(1days)
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Title (in English) Effectiveness of a Musical Scale to Represent a Table
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Keyword(1) Web
Keyword(2) auditory representation
Keyword(3) musical scale
Keyword(4) NVDA
Keyword(5) screen reader
Keyword(6) table
1st Author's Name Mizuho IGATA
1st Author's Affiliation Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Department of communication()
2nd Author's Name Hikari YAMAMOTO
2nd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Department of communication
3rd Author's Name Takayuki WATANABE
3rd Author's Affiliation Tokyo Woman's Christian University, Department of communication
Date 2014-03-08
Paper # WIT2013-92
Volume (vol) vol.113
Number (no) 481
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 7
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