Augmenting digital audio broadcast with rich data

HP Laboratories, GWR, Bristol University, ASL and Panasonic Semiconductor are collaborating to explore the potential of Digital Audio Broadcasting through a series of user trials. Our first iPAQ-based prototype allows listeners to GWR-Bristol to interact with a set of web pages broadcast alongside the digital audio stream and displayed on a small color display. In a handson study, typical GWR listeners responded very positively to the experience of viewing web pages on a visual radio. Local news, weather forecasts, event listings, and details of the last ten songs broadcast proved especially popular. In forthcoming experiments, we will begin to explore the additional value of a wireless backchannel enabling listeners to interact directly with the broadcaster. Categories and Subject Descriptors B4.1 [Input/Output and Data Communications]: Receivers, transmitter. H5.2 [User Interfaces]: GUI, Interaction styles, prototyping. Keywords Digital Audio Broadcast, Digital Entertainment, Visual...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ACMACE
• Authors: Annelies de Bruine, Huw Jeffries, Erik Geelhoed, Richard Hull 0002, Nick Piggott
• Keywords: ACMACE 2005, Digital Audio, Prototype Allows Listeners, Typical Gwr Listeners