Tag Archives: sound

Sound design primer

Sound design is probably more important for mobile devices than standard desktop software, because the visual feedback mechanisms are often so spare. In this article, Max Lord discusses the topic of sound design.
“A sound is “legible” if the designer’s intent is properly understood by the listener. And listening—like all cognition—is based upon our existing mental [...]

Ambient sound awareness

Google’s developed a system for listening to your television and serving up relevant content. What if my mobile devices had the capability to listen in on what was happening around me?
“A team from Google Research has developed a prototype system that uses a home computers internal microphone to listen to the ambient audio in a [...]