The Handbook of Sonification

The "Handbook of Sonification" is one of the major bodies of written work the project's research is focused on. It contains various different chapters about many aspects in the area of sonification. It is planned to complete the book and collect all take aways from this book by the end of September, so the research can continue deeper towards even more specific topics inside the area of data sonification. The book identifies the different techniques for sonification and their use cases, explains the laws of psycho acoustics, presents various pieces of software to be used for sonification and presents research results as well as gaps in the field, where research is yet to be conducted.

Below is the summary of the book as written on sonification.de:

This book is a comprehensive introductory presentation of the key research areas in the interdisciplinary fields of sonification and auditory display. Chapters are written by leading experts, providing a wide-range coverage of the central issues, and can be read from start to finish, or dipped into as required (like a smorgasbord menu).

Sonification conveys information by using non-speech sounds. To listen to data as sound and noise can be a surprising new experience with diverse applications ranging from novel interfaces for visually impaired people to data analysis problems in many scientific fields.

This book gives a solid introduction to the field of auditory display, the techniques for sonification, suitable technologies for developing sonification algorithms, and the most promising application areas. The book is accompanied by the online repository of sound examples.

It is on of the most important books in the field of data sonification.

References:

Sonification.de. n.d. The Sonification Handbook | edited by Hermann, Hunt, Neuhoff. [online] Available at: http://sonification.de/handbook/ [Accessed: 11 Sep 2013].