Auditory display conference comes to ANU »
The world's leading audio researchers and sound designers will gather at The Australian National University (ANU) from Sunday to hear about the latest technology regarding auditory display. Held at ANU for the first time, the 22nd International Community for Auditory Display (ICAD) conference will focus on Sonic Information Design, or the use of sounds to represent everyday occurrences and settings in life. "When you press a button at a traffic light and it beeps as you walk across the street, that's an auditory display. When you hear a swish as you drag a document to the rubbish bin of your computer, that's an auditory display," said Professor David Worrall from Columbia College Chicago and the ANU School of Music. The conference will consider the latest trends in auditory display for a range of areas including improvements to audio devices for blind people. "The major issue there is making sounds that people who aren't musically trained can clearly distinguish; the sounds have to be relatable," he said. The conference will also hear from delegates who use sound to represent complex data for situations such as monitoring data for stock markets and even in science scenarios such as monitoring earthquakes.
