Scanning for Digital Content: How Blind and Sighted People Perceive Concurrent Speech
João Guerreiro, Daniel Gonçalves · 2016 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)
This paper investigates whether blind and sighted people can leverage concurrent speech — multiple audio streams playing simultaneously — to more efficiently scan and identify relevant digital content, exploiting the well-known Cocktail Party Effect. Screen readers currently…
visual impairment · concurrent speech · auditory interface · screen reader · cocktail party effect