INDEX
A
accessibility
application example, 11
examples, 327
software design guidelines, 331
See also universal design
accuracy
computer recognition, 202
dictation software, 101
discrete commands, 101
interface rule, 203
rates, 222
rate with dictation, 130
speaker-dependent systems, 174
acoustic cues
connotations, 92
invariants, 88
meaning, 88
ActiveX
Dragon Systems, 138
IBM, 137
affinity diagram, 289
affixes
definition, 80
affricatives
definition, 72
table of sounds, 74
agglutination
definition, 79
Aiken, Howard, 146
air pressure, 49
allophones
definition, 73
Alta Vista, 112
ambient noise
guidelines, 228
handhelds, 40
neural networks, 24
See also noise
ambiguity
semantics, 90
Americans with Disabilities Act, 332
amplitude
definition, 49
diagram, 49
dynamic range, 149
protection, 53
analysis
See also task analysis
ANSI, 333
applications
auditory user interface examples, 11
automobile, 179
business, 166
commercial software, buying, 133
commercial/warehouse, 166, 168
comparisons of, 141
current, 116
education, 179
future, 123
goal of, 119
legal, 166
log scaling, 171
medical, 165
natural language, 111
office monitoring, 321
quality inspections, 170
successful, 176
telephone, 215
text-database searches, 112
toys, 179
universal access, 177
universal design, 329
warehousing and distribution, 168
weather reports, 114
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