Alison Crerar’s research while affiliated with Edinburgh Napier University and other places

... Since color-blind users are within the subset of average users, average users can then more easily use the system. This is an example of the concept known as the inclusive design [19]. ...

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Designing Usable Bioinformatics Tools for Specialized Users

... Impairment patterns cut across aphasia types and revealed processing architecture. We considered as a tenet of parallel processing, that the relevant processings were independent and double-dissociated; for hierarchical processing, we implied that the impairment in a lower level processing stage impacted upon a higher integra- tion phase (Ellis, Franklin, & Crerar, 1994). Our results were compatible with parallel processing architecture at prelexical and lexical levels and suggested a hierarchical processing architecture at sentence level. ...

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Auditory-verbal analysis in aphasia

... In order to develop a usability mobile technology, other kinds of studies considered that an effective usability evaluation method is fundamental. According to [19,20,21,22], various usability evaluation methods have been developed, like laboratory-based usability testing which gives highquality usability data with actual users. But the effectiveness of such assessment can dramatically vary, depending on who takes part in the tests, on what data are collected and on how they are analysed. ...

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Usability evaluation of a mobile system through a " design-for-all " oriented approach

... Istotne staje się to, jak człowiek słyszy organizację i czy nadaje temu znaczenie (Styhre, 2008, s. 214). Wyzwaniem dla badaczy i praktyków jest znalezienie wspólnego języka, którym będzie można porozumieć się w kwestii dźwiękowych aspektów pracy (Macaulay i Crerar, 1998). Wydaje się, że do dziś tematyka audiosfery jest traktowana dziedzinowo z punktu widzenia akustyki, muzykologii, kulturoznawstwa czy sztuki, natomiast brakuje osiągnięć interdyscyplinarnych i transferu wiedzy między badaczami reprezentującymi różnorodne dziedziny. ...

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Audiosfera środowiska pracy w przestrzeni biurowej na planie otwartym. Wyniki zwiadu badawczego Soundscape of the work environment in the open-plan space. Results of research reconnaissance

... The basic idea behind soundscapes(Macaulay et al., 1997) is to provide a continuous backdrop of sound that essentially provides a summary of the current "state of the world." ...

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Convene - MUD Interfaces for Disabled Users

... The resultant maps will enable sound designers to better visualise the existing soundscape into which their work will blend, as well as providing a method of evaluation of their intervention. Previous studies by the authors have concentrated on the experience of the soundscape inhabitants, as well as investigating published methods, whereas this study focuses on the potential requirements of designers and evaluators of auditory environments [1,2,3]. ...

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Establishing Key Dimensions for Reifying Soundfields and Soundcapes from Auditory Professionals

... The resultant maps will enable sound designers to better visualise the existing soundscape into which their work will blend, as well as providing a method of evaluation of their intervention. Previous studies by the authors have concentrated on the experience of the soundscape inhabitants, as well as investigating published methods, whereas this study focuses on the potential requirements of designers and evaluators of auditory environments [1,2,3]. ...

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Establishing Key Dimensions for Reifying Soundfields and Soundcapes from Auditory Professionals

... AA: windshield wiper), which made up the respective sound design and were provided by the designers. The categories or constructs used in this study were user and designer generated categories validated in two earlier studies [34,35] The constructs were derived through a questionnaire completed by 75 audio professionals, and a think-aloud experiment with 40 end users who were asked to describe audio stimuli. This set of categories provided a consistent indication of key dimensions for the perception of soundscapes and their relative importance. ...

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A Method for Comparative Evaluation of Listening to Auditory Displays by Designers and Users

... In the book, Brown et al. further detail the classification scheme presented in the International Standard and suggest that it can be used to standardise reporting of acoustic environments. Another classification scheme for designing and evaluating 'augmented auditory environments' is proposed by McGregor et al. [184]. This includes establishing the dimensions that are used to describe such experiences by audio professionals and end-users. ...

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Characterising Soundscape Research in Human-Computer Interaction

... A detailed understanding of the way end users inhabit their environments, as well as how they interact with the existing auditory setting, is required in order to design auditory interfaces that integrate effectively in such environments [27]. An important term in this context is the notion of awareness. ...

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Auditory Notification of Customer Actions in a Virtual Retail Environment: Sound Design, Awareness and Attention