Using Sonification

The idea behind sonification is that synthetic nonverbal sounds can represent numerical data and provide support for information processing activities of many differentkinds. This article describes some of the ways that sonification has been used in assistive technologies, remote collaboration, engineering analyses, scientific visualisations, emergency services and aircraft cockpits. Approaches for designing sonifications are surveyed, and issues raised by the existing approaches and applications are outlined. Relationsare drawn to other areas of knowledge where similar issueshave also arisen, such as human-computer interaction, scientific visualisation, and computer music. At the end is a listof resources that will help you delve further into the topic.