Kategoria BISAC: Computers >> User Interfaces

Noise is everywhere and in most applications that are related to audio and speech, such as human-machine interfaces, hands-free communications, voice over IP (VoIP), hearing aids, teleconferencing/telepresence/telecollaboration systems, and so many others, the signal of interest (usually speech) that is picked up by a microphone is generally contaminated by noise. As a result, the microphone signal has to be cleaned up with digital signal processing tools before it is stored, analyzed, transmitted, or played out. This cleaning process is often called noise reduction and this topic has...

Media Space: 20+ Years of Mediated Life is loosely divided into three different, but interconnected, approaches to media space research. Each part opens with an introduction that lays out how readers can best approach the book, and provides a basic guide to the theory and research literature, technological developments and other notable events to help contextualize the book. The 'social ' approach uses the rhetoric and methods familiar to a CSCW audience, but moves into actual situations that involve close working bonds, broken trust, shared joy, community building, interpersonal tension,...

People go about their daily tasks with an in-built awareness of their social and physical environments. This awareness helps them to work cooperatively in groups, coordinate actions, and to maintain and enhance social communication with others. Networked technology has extended the reach of people's awareness to remote and distributed groups and provided access to a much larger social network than was previously feasible.

Awareness systems that are designed to support people to build up, maintain and make use of these extended networks are attracting the interest of industry, and...

The present volume documents the results of the MMI research program on Human Machine Interaction involving 8 projects (selected from a total of 80 proposals) funded by the Hasler Foundation between 2005 and 2008.

These projects were also partially funded by the associated universities and other third...

Basierend auf ihrer 40-jahrigen Erfahrung beschreiben Wissenschaftler Konzepte und Einzelaspekte der Gestaltung von Fuhrungsinformationssystemen eine der zentralen Aufgaben in der Bundeswehr und bei Organisationen mit Sicherheitsaufgaben (z. B. Polizei, Rettungswesen). In ihren Beitragen reflektieren die Autoren Probleme bei der Vernetzung unterschiedlicher Systeme. Dazu werden Informationsstrukturen und Prozesse untersucht, Systemarchitekturen ausgewertet und kombiniert sowie Laborstudien und Feldversuche beschrieben."

With a focus on gaining an empirically derived understanding of the underlying psychological dimensions and processes behind people's experiences with technology, this book contributes to the debate of user experience (UX) within several disciplines, including HCI, design and marketing. It analyses UX dynamics at various time scales, and explores the very nature of time and meaning in the context of UX.

"Experience with Technology" uses personal construct theory (PCT) as a theoretical and methodological starting point to this project. Major case-studies are described that examine...

Every day we share encounters with others as we inhabit the space around us. In offering insights and knowledge on this increasingly important topic, this book introduces a range of empirical and theoretical approaches to the study of shared encounters. It highlights the multifaceted nature of collective experience and provides a deeper understanding of the nature and value of shared encounters in everyday life.

Divided into four sections, each section comprises a set of chapters on a different topic and is introduced by a key author in the field who provides an overview of the content....

Mit Sprachdialogsystemen lassen sich im Automobil Telefon, Navigationssystem, Medienspieler und andere Gerate bedienen. Dieses Buch gibt Aufschluss uber die Funktionsweise solcher Systeme und die Technologie, die dahinter steckt. Zur Modellierung von Sprachdialogen werden Methoden unterschiedlichster Disziplinen angewandt: Ingenieurswissenschaften, Informatik, Linguistik und Psychologie. Dem Autor gelingt es, die wichtigsten Erkenntnisse der jeweiligen Gebiete fur die Entwicklung von Sprachdialogsystemen zusammenzufuhren."