Mikael Fernstrom
580 California St., Suite 400
San Francisco, CA, 94104
Audio information browsing with the Sonic Browser
2004
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Abstract
Collections of sound and music of increasing size and diversity are used both by general personal computer users and multimedia designers. Browsing audio collections poses several challenges to the design of effective user interfaces. In this paper, we present the Sonic Browser, an application for browsing sound collections on personal computers. In this paper we describe how a novel user interface with multiple views can be applied to the browsing of audio collections. Finally, we conclude with current trends of our approach for further improvement of the system.
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