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Comparing Two Methods of Sound Spatialization: Vector-Based Amplitude Panning (VBAP) Versus Linear Panning (LP)

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There is an interest in presenting the sound from “Screen Reader” programs used by blind individuals to access the World Wide Web in multiple virtual “auditory columns”, aiming to restore the perception of 2-dimensional placement of items on contemporary web pages. As a prelude to that application, this paper reports the experimental comparison of two forms of virtual placement of sounds over 5 positions, in front of a computer user. The results indicate that there is not a statistically significant difference in accuracy achieved by application of the Vector-Based Amplitude Panning (VBAP) or the Linear Panning (LP) methods.

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Acknowledgments

This work was sponsored by NSF grants HRD-0833093, and CNS-0959985.

We wish to thank all of the listening subjects who volunteered their time towards this study. All subjects were recruited during the 2011 Fall semester at the Florida International University Engineering Center, located at 10555 West Flagler Street, Miami FL 33174.

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Florida International University, Miami, 33174, FL, USA

    Jonathan Cofino, Armando Barreto & Malek Adjouadi

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Correspondence to Jonathan Cofino .

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    Tarek Sobh

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Cofino, J., Barreto, A., Adjouadi, M. (2013). Comparing Two Methods of Sound Spatialization: Vector-Based Amplitude Panning (VBAP) Versus Linear Panning (LP). In: Elleithy, K., Sobh, T. (eds) Innovations and Advances in Computer, Information, Systems Sciences, and Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 152. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3535-8_31

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