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Major update to Introduction, commenting out parts to get layout
author Nicholas Jillings <nicholas.jillings@eecs.qmul.ac.uk>
date Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:02:45 +0100
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BrechtDeMan@719 6 \begin{document}
BrechtDeMan@719 7
BrechtDeMan@719 8 % Copyright
BrechtDeMan@719 9 \setcopyright{waclicense}
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BrechtDeMan@719 12 %% DOI
BrechtDeMan@719 13 %\doi{10.475/123_4}
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BrechtDeMan@719 16 %\isbn{123-4567-24-567/08/06}
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BrechtDeMan@719 18 %%Conference
BrechtDeMan@719 19 %\conferenceinfo{PLDI '13}{June 16--19, 2013, Seattle, WA, USA}
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BrechtDeMan@719 25 \conferenceinfo{Web Audio Conference WAC-2016,}{April 4--6, 2016, Atlanta, USA}
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BrechtDeMan@728 30 \title{Web Audio Evaluation Tool: A framework for subjective assessment of audio}
BrechtDeMan@719 31 %\subtitle{[Extended Abstract]
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BrechtDeMan@719 77 % 1st. author
BrechtDeMan@719 78 \alignauthor Nicholas Jillings\\
BrechtDeMan@719 79 \email{n.g.r.jillings@se14.qmul.ac.uk}
BrechtDeMan@725 80 % dummy author for nicer spacing
BrechtDeMan@725 81 \alignauthor
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BrechtDeMan@719 83 \alignauthor Brecht De Man\\
BrechtDeMan@719 84 \email{b.deman@qmul.ac.uk}
BrechtDeMan@719 85 \and % use '\and' if you need 'another row' of author names
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BrechtDeMan@719 87 \alignauthor David Moffat\\
BrechtDeMan@719 88 \email{d.j.moffat@qmul.ac.uk}
BrechtDeMan@719 89 % 4th. author
BrechtDeMan@719 90 \alignauthor Joshua D. Reiss\\
BrechtDeMan@719 91 \email{joshua.reiss@qmul.ac.uk}
BrechtDeMan@725 92 \and % new line for address
BrechtDeMan@719 93 \affaddr{Centre for Digital Music}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 94 \affaddr{School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 95 \affaddr{Queen Mary University of London}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 96 \affaddr{Mile End Road,}
BrechtDeMan@719 97 \affaddr{London E1 4NS}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 98 \affaddr{United Kingdom}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 99 }
BrechtDeMan@719 100 %Centre for Digital Music, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London
BrechtDeMan@719 101 %% 5th. author
BrechtDeMan@719 102 %\alignauthor Sean Fogarty\\
BrechtDeMan@719 103 % \affaddr{NASA Ames Research Center}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 104 % \affaddr{Moffett Field}\\
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BrechtDeMan@719 106 %% 6th. author
BrechtDeMan@719 107 %\alignauthor Charles Palmer\\
BrechtDeMan@719 108 % \affaddr{Palmer Research Laboratories}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 109 % \affaddr{8600 Datapoint Drive}\\
BrechtDeMan@719 110 % \email{cpalmer@prl.com}
BrechtDeMan@719 111 %}
BrechtDeMan@719 112 % There's nothing stopping you putting the seventh, eighth, etc.
BrechtDeMan@719 113 % author on the opening page (as the 'third row') but we ask,
BrechtDeMan@719 114 % for aesthetic reasons that you place these 'additional authors'
BrechtDeMan@719 115 % in the \additional authors block, viz.
BrechtDeMan@719 116 %\additionalauthors{Additional authors: John Smith (The Th{\o}rv{\"a}ld Group,
BrechtDeMan@719 117 %email: {\texttt{jsmith@affiliation.org}}) and Julius P.~Kumquat
BrechtDeMan@719 118 %(The Kumquat Consortium, email: {\texttt{jpkumquat@consortium.net}}).}
BrechtDeMan@719 119 \date{1 October 2015}
BrechtDeMan@719 120 % Just remember to make sure that the TOTAL number of authors
BrechtDeMan@719 121 % is the number that will appear on the first page PLUS the
BrechtDeMan@719 122 % number that will appear in the \additionalauthors section.
BrechtDeMan@719 123
BrechtDeMan@719 124 \maketitle
BrechtDeMan@719 125 \begin{abstract}
BrechtDeMan@719 126 Here comes the abstract.
BrechtDeMan@719 127 \end{abstract}
BrechtDeMan@719 128
BrechtDeMan@719 129
BrechtDeMan@719 130 \section{Introduction}
BrechtDeMan@726 131
BrechtDeMan@726 132 % Listening tests/perceptual audio evaluation: what are they, why are they important
BrechtDeMan@726 133 % As opposed to limited scope of WAC15 paper: also musical features, realism of sound effects / sound synthesis, performance of source separation and other algorithms...
nicholas@734 134 Perceptual evaluation of audio, in the form of listening tests, is a powerful way to assess anything from audio codec quality over realism of sound synthesis to the performance of source separation, automated music production and other auditory evaluations.
BrechtDeMan@726 135 In less technical areas, the framework of a listening test can be used to measure emotional response to music or test cognitive abilities. % maybe some references? If there's space.
BrechtDeMan@726 136
BrechtDeMan@727 137 % check out http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-015-0270-8 - only paper that cited WAC15 paper
BrechtDeMan@727 138
nicholas@734 139 % Why difficult? Challenges? What constitutes a good interface?
nicholas@734 140 % Technical, interfaces, user friendliness, reliability
nicholas@734 141 There are multiple programs for performing perceptual listening tests, as can be seen in Table \ref{tab:toolboxes}. Some are designed to have only one interface type or only work using proprietary software. The Web Audio Evaluation Toolbox is different as it does not require proprietary software and provides many interface and test types in one, common environment. Note that the design of an effective listening test further poses many challenges unrelated to interface design, which are beyond the scope of this paper \cite{bech}.
BrechtDeMan@726 142
BrechtDeMan@726 143 % Why in the browser?
nicholas@734 144 Web Audio API has important features for performing perceptual tests including sample level manipulation of audio streams \cite{schoeffler2015mushra}, synchronous playback and flexible playback. Being in the browser also allows leveraging the flexible object oriented JavaScript format and native support for web documents, such as the extensible markup language (XML) which is used for configuration and test results. Using the web also simplifies test deployment to requiring a basic web server with advanced functionality such as test collection and automatic processing using PHP. As recruiting participants can be very time-consuming, and as for some tests a large number of participants is needed, browser-based tests \cite{schoeffler2015mushra}. However, to our knowledge, no tool currently exists that allows the creation of a remotely accessible listening test. BeaqleJS \cite{beaqlejs} also operates in the browser, however BeaqleJS does not make use of the Web Audio API.%requires programming knowledge?...
BrechtDeMan@725 145
BrechtDeMan@725 146 % only browser-based?
djmoffat@729 147 \begin{table*}[ht]
BrechtDeMan@731 148 \caption{Table with existing listening test platforms and their features}
BrechtDeMan@731 149 \begin{center}
BrechtDeMan@731 150 \begin{tabular}{|*{6}{l|}}
BrechtDeMan@731 151 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 152 \textbf{Name} & \textbf{Ref.} & \textbf{Language} & \textbf{Interfaces} & \textbf{Remote} & \textbf{All UI} \\
BrechtDeMan@731 153 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 154 APE & \cite{ape} & MATLAB & multi-stimulus, 1 axis per attribute & & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 155 BeaqleJS & \cite{beaqlejs} & JavaScript & ABX, MUSHRA & (not natively supported) & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 156 HULTI-GEN & \cite{hultigen} & MAX & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 157 mushraJS & \footnote{https://github.com/akaroice/mushraJS} & JavaScript & MUSHRA & \checkmark & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 158 MUSHRAM & \cite{mushram} & MATLAB & MUSHRA & & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 159 Scale & \cite{scale} & MATLAB & & & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 160 WhisPER & \cite{whisper} & MATLAB & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 161 \textbf{WAET} & \cite{waet} & JavaScript & \textbf{all of the above} & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 162 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 163 \end{tabular}
BrechtDeMan@731 164 \end{center}
BrechtDeMan@731 165 \label{tab:toolboxes}
BrechtDeMan@731 166 \end{table*}%
BrechtDeMan@731 167
BrechtDeMan@731 168 \begin{table*}[ht]
BrechtDeMan@731 169 \caption{Table with interfaces and which toolboxes support them}
BrechtDeMan@731 170 \begin{center}
BrechtDeMan@731 171 \begin{tabular}{|*{5}{l|}}
BrechtDeMan@731 172 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 173 \textbf{Interface} & \textbf{HULTI-GEN} & \textbf{Scale} & \textbf{WhisPER} & \textbf{WAET} \\
BrechtDeMan@731 174 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 175 MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 176 Rank scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 177 Likert scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 178 ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 179 -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 180 Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 181 Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 182 Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 183 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 184 ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 185 Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 186 APE style & & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 187 Multi attribute ratings & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 188 AB Test & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 189 ABX Test & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
BrechtDeMan@731 190 ``Adaptive psychophysical methods'' & & & \checkmark & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 191 Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) & & & \checkmark & \\
BrechtDeMan@731 192 (Semantic differential) & & & (\checkmark) & \\ % same as a few of the above
BrechtDeMan@731 193 \hline
BrechtDeMan@731 194 \end{tabular}
BrechtDeMan@731 195 \end{center}
nicholas@734 196 \label{tab:toolbox_interfaces}
BrechtDeMan@731 197 \end{table*}%
BrechtDeMan@725 198
BrechtDeMan@725 199 %
nicholas@734 200 %Selling points: remote tests, visualisaton, create your own test in the browser, many interfaces, few/no dependencies, flexibility
BrechtDeMan@726 201
BrechtDeMan@726 202 [Talking about what we do in the various sections of this paper. Referring to \cite{waet}. ]
nicholas@734 203 \begin{comment}
BrechtDeMan@728 204 % MEETING 8 OCTOBER
BrechtDeMan@728 205 \subsection{Meeting 8 October}
BrechtDeMan@728 206 \begin{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@728 207 \item Do we manipulate audio?\\
BrechtDeMan@728 208 \begin{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@728 209 \item Add loudness equalisation? (test\_create.html) Tag with gains.
BrechtDeMan@728 210 \item Add volume slider?
BrechtDeMan@728 211 \item Cross-fade (in interface node): default 0, number of seconds
BrechtDeMan@728 212 \item Also: we use the playback buffer to present metrics of which portion is listened to
BrechtDeMan@728 213 \end{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@728 214 \item Logging system information: whichever are possible (justify others)
BrechtDeMan@728 215 \item Input streams as audioelements
BrechtDeMan@728 216 \item Capture microphone to estimate loudness (especially Macbook)
BrechtDeMan@728 217 \item Test page (in-built oscillators): left-right calibration, ramp up test tone until you hear it; optional compensating EQ (future work implementing own filters) --> Highlight issues!
BrechtDeMan@728 218 \item Record IP address (PHP function, grab and append to XML file)
BrechtDeMan@728 219 \item Expand anchor/reference options
BrechtDeMan@728 220 \item AB / ABX
BrechtDeMan@728 221 \end{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@728 222
BrechtDeMan@728 223 \subsubsection{Issues}
BrechtDeMan@728 224 \begin{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@728 225 \item Filters not consistent (Nick to test across browsers)
BrechtDeMan@728 226 \item Playback audiobuffers need to be destroyed and rebuilt each time
BrechtDeMan@728 227 \item Can't get channel data, hardware input/output...
BrechtDeMan@728 228 \end{itemize}
nicholas@734 229 \end{comment}
BrechtDeMan@725 230
BrechtDeMan@726 231 \section{Architecture} % title? 'back end'? % NICK
nicholas@730 232 WAET utilises the Web Audio API for audio playback and uses a sparse subset of the Web Audio API functionality, however the performance of WAET comes directly from the Web Audio API. Listening tests can convey large amounts of information other than obtaining the perceptual relationship between the audio fragments. WAET specifically can obtain which parts of the audio fragments were listened to and when, at what point in the audio stream did the participant switch to a different fragment and what new rating did they give a fragment. Therefore it is possible to not only evaluate the perceptual research question but also evaluate if the participant performed the test well and therefore if their results are representative or should be discarded as an outlier.
nicholas@730 233
nicholas@730 234 One of the key initial design parameters for WAET is to make the tool as open as possible to non-programmers and to this end the tool has been designed in such a way that all of the user modifiable options are included in a single XML document. This document is loaded up automatically by the web page and the JavaScript code parses and loads any extra resources required to create the test.
nicholas@730 235
nicholas@730 236 The specification document also contains the URL of the audio fragments for each test page. These fragments are downloaded asynchronously and decoded offline by the Web Audio offline decoder. The resulting buffers are assigned to a custom Audio Objects node which tracks the fragment buffer, the playback bufferSourceNode, the XML information including its unique test ID, the interface object(s) associated with the fragment and any metric or data collection objects. The Audio Object is controlled by an over-arching custom Audio Context node (not to be confused with the Web Audio Context), this parent JS Node allows for session wide control of the Audio Objects including starting and stopping playback of specific nodes.
nicholas@730 237
nicholas@730 238 The only issue with this model is the bufferNode in the Web Audio API, which is implemented as a 'use once' object which, once the buffer has been played, the buffer must be discarded as it cannot be instructed to play the buffer again. Therefore on each start request the buffer object must be created and then linked with the stored bufferSourceNode. This is an odd behaviour for such a simple object which has no alternative except to use the HTML5 audio element, however they do not have the ability to synchronously start on a given time and therefore not suited.
nicholas@730 239
nicholas@730 240 The media files supported depend on the browser level support for the initial decoding of information and is the same as the browser support for the HTML5 audio element. Therefore the most widely supported media file is the wave (.WAV) format which can be accpeted by every browser supporting the Web Audio API. The next best supported audio only formats are MP3 and AAC (in MP4) which are supported by all major browsers, Firefox relies on OS decoders and therefore its support is predicated by the OS support.
nicholas@730 241
nicholas@730 242 All the collected session data is returned in an XML document structured similarly to the configuration document, where test pages contain the audio elements with their trace collection, results, comments and any other interface-specific data points.
nicholas@730 243
BrechtDeMan@719 244 A slightly technical overview of the system. Talk about XML, JavaScript, Web Audio API, HTML5.
BrechtDeMan@725 245 Describe and/or visualise audioholder-audioelement-... structure.
BrechtDeMan@725 246
BrechtDeMan@726 247 % see also SMC12 - less detail here
BrechtDeMan@726 248
BrechtDeMan@726 249 Which type of files? % WAV, anything else? Perhaps not exhaustive list, but say something along the lines of 'whatever browser supports'
BrechtDeMan@724 250
BrechtDeMan@725 251 Streaming audio? % probably not, unless it's easy
BrechtDeMan@725 252
BrechtDeMan@726 253 Compatibility? % not IE, everything else fine?
BrechtDeMan@726 254
BrechtDeMan@726 255
BrechtDeMan@724 256
BrechtDeMan@724 257
BrechtDeMan@725 258 \section{Remote tests} % with previous?
BrechtDeMan@726 259
BrechtDeMan@726 260 If the experimenter is willing to trade some degree of control for a higher number of participants, the test can be hosted on a web server so that subjects can take part remotely. This way, a link can be shared widely in the hope of attracting a large amount of subjects, while listening conditions and subject reliability may be less ideal. However, a sound system calibration page and a wide range of metrics logged during the test mitigate these problems. Note also that in some experiments, it may be preferred that the subject has a `real life', familiar listening set-up, for instance when perceived quality differences on everyday sound systems are investigated.
BrechtDeMan@726 261 Furthermore, a fully browser-based test, where the collection of the results is automatic, is more efficient and technically reliable even when the test still takes place under lab conditions.
BrechtDeMan@726 262
BrechtDeMan@724 263 The following features allow easy and effective remote testing:
BrechtDeMan@727 264 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
BrechtDeMan@724 265 \item PHP script to collect result XML files
BrechtDeMan@724 266 \item Randomly pick specified number of audioholders
BrechtDeMan@726 267 \item Calibration
nicholas@730 268 % In theory calibration could be applied anywhere??
BrechtDeMan@724 269 \item Functionality to participate multiple times
BrechtDeMan@727 270 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
BrechtDeMan@724 271 \item Possible to log in with unique ID (no password)
n@733 272 \item Pick `new user' (generates new, unique ID) or `already participated' (need already available ID)
BrechtDeMan@724 273 \item Store XML on server with IDs plus which audioholders have already been listened to
BrechtDeMan@724 274 \item Don't show `post-test' survey after first time
BrechtDeMan@724 275 \item Pick `new' audioholders if available
BrechtDeMan@724 276 \item Copy survey information first time to new XMLs
BrechtDeMan@724 277 \end{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@724 278 \item Intermediate saves
n@733 279 \item Collect Public IP address information for geographic location (by country).
nicholas@730 280 \item Collect Browser and Display information
BrechtDeMan@724 281 \end{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@724 282
BrechtDeMan@719 283
BrechtDeMan@725 284 \section{Interfaces} % title? 'Front end'? % Dave
djmoffat@729 285
djmoffat@729 286 The purpose of this listening test framework is to allow any user the maximum flexibility to design a listening test for their exact application with minimum effort. To this end, a large range of standard listening test interfaces have been implemented. A review of existing listening test frameworks was undertaken and presented in~\Cref{tab:toolboxes}. HULTI-GEN~\cite{hultigen} is a single toolbox that presents the user with a large number of different test interfaces and allows for customisation of each test interface.
djmoffat@729 287
BrechtDeMan@731 288 To provide users with a flexible system, a large range of `standard' listening test interfaces have been implemented, including: % pretty much the same wording as two sentences earlier
djmoffat@729 289 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
djmoffat@729 290 \item MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534)~\cite{recommendation20031534}
djmoffat@729 291 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 292 \item Multiple stimuli are presented and rated on a continuous scale, which includes a reference, hidden reference and hidden anchors.
djmoffat@729 293 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 294 \item Rank Scale~\cite{pascoe1983evaluation}
djmoffat@729 295 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 296 \item Stimuli ranked on single horizontal scale, where they are ordered in preference order.
djmoffat@729 297 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 298 \item Likert scale~\cite{likert1932technique}
djmoffat@729 299 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 300 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree and Strongly Disagree.
djmoffat@729 301 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 302 \item ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116)~\cite{recommendation19971116} (Mean Opinion Score: MOS)
djmoffat@729 303 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 304 \item Each stimulus has a continuous scale (5-1), labeled as Imperceptible, Perceptible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying.
djmoffat@729 305 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 306 \item -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref
djmoffat@729 307 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 308 \item Each stimulus has a continuous scale -50 to 50 with default values as 0 in middle and a comparison. There is also a provided reference \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 309 \item Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 310 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 311 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: Bad, Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent
djmoffat@729 312 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 313 \item Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 314 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 315 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: (5) Inaudible, (4) Audible but not annoying, (3) slightly annoying, (2) annoying, (1) very annoying.
djmoffat@729 316 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 317 \item Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 318 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 319 \item Each stimuli has a seven point scale with values: Much Better, Better, Slightly Better, About the same, slightly worse, worse, much worse. There is also a provided reference.
djmoffat@729 320 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 321 \item 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale~\cite{peryam1952advanced}
djmoffat@729 322 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 323 \item Each stimuli has a seven point scale with values: Like Extremely, Like Very Much, Like Moderate, Like Slightly, Neither Like nor Dislike, dislike Extremely, dislike Very Much, dislike Moderate, dislike Slightly. There is also a provided reference.
djmoffat@729 324 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 325 \item ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale~\cite{rec1997bs}
djmoffat@729 326 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 327 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: (5) Imperceptible, (4) Perceptible but not annoying, (3) slightly annoying, (2) annoying, (1) very annoying. There is also a provided reference.
djmoffat@729 328 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 329 \item Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse)~\cite{david1963method}
djmoffat@729 330 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 331 \item A reference is provided and ever stimulus is rated as being either better or worse than the reference.
djmoffat@729 332 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 333 \item APE style \cite{ape}
djmoffat@729 334 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 335 \item Multiple stimuli on a single horizontal slider for inter-sample rating.
djmoffat@729 336 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 337 \item Multi attribute ratings
djmoffat@729 338 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 339 \item Multiple stimuli as points on a 2D plane for inter-sample rating (eg. Valence Arousal)
djmoffat@729 340 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 341 \item AB Test~\cite{lipshitz1981great}
djmoffat@729 342 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 343 \item Two stimuli are presented at a time and the participant has to select a preferred stimulus.
djmoffat@729 344 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 345 \item ABX Test~\cite{clark1982high}
djmoffat@729 346 \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 347 \item Two stimuli are presented along with a reference and the participant has to select a preferred stimulus, often the closest to the reference.
djmoffat@729 348 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 349 \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 350
djmoffat@729 351 While implementing all of these interfaces, it is possible to include any number of references, anchors, hidden references and hidden anchors into all of these listening test formats.
djmoffat@729 352
n@732 353 Because of the design choice to separate the core code and interface modules, it is possible for a 3rd party interface to be built with minimal effort. The repository includes documentation on which functions must be called and the specific functions they expect your interface to perform. To this end, there is an 'Interface' object which includes functions for creating the on-page comment boxes (including those with radio or checkbox responses), start and stop buttons with function handles pre-attached and the playhead / transport bars.
n@732 354
djmoffat@729 355 %%%% \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
djmoffat@729 356 %%%% \item (APE style) \cite{ape}
djmoffat@729 357 %%%% \item Multi attribute ratings
djmoffat@729 358 %%%% \item MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534)~\cite{recommendation20031534}
djmoffat@729 359 %%%% \item Interval Scale~\cite{zacharov1999round}
djmoffat@729 360 %%%% \item Rank Scale~\cite{pascoe1983evaluation}
djmoffat@729 361 %%%%
djmoffat@729 362 %%%% \item 2D Plane rating - e.g. Valence vs. Arousal~\cite{carroll1969individual}
djmoffat@729 363 %%%% \item Likert scale~\cite{likert1932technique}
djmoffat@729 364 %%%%
djmoffat@729 365 %%%% \item {\bf All the following are the interfaces available in HULTI-GEN~\cite{hultigen} }
djmoffat@729 366 %%%% \item ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116)~\cite{recommendation19971116}
djmoffat@729 367 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 368 %%%% \item Continuous Scale (5-1) Imperceptible, Perceptible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying. (default Inaudible?)
djmoffat@729 369 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 370 %%%% \item -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref
djmoffat@729 371 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 372 %%%% \item Scale -50 to 50 on Mushra with default values as 0 in middle and a comparison ``Reference'' to compare to 0 value
djmoffat@729 373 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 374 %%%% \item Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 375 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 376 %%%% \item 5 point Scale - Bad, Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent (Default fair?)
djmoffat@729 377 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 378 %%%% \item Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 379 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 380 %%%% \item 5 point Scale - Inaudible, Audible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying. (default Inaudible?) - {\it Basically just quantised ABC/HR?}
djmoffat@729 381 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 382 %%%% \item Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
djmoffat@729 383 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 384 %%%% \item 7 point scale: Much Better, Better, Slightly Better, About the same, slightly worse, worse, much worse - Default about the same with reference to compare to
djmoffat@729 385 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 386 %%%% \item 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale~\cite{peryam1952advanced}
djmoffat@729 387 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 388 %%%% \item 9 point scale: Like Extremely, Like Very Much, Like Moderate, Like Slightly, Neither Like nor Dislike, dislike Extremely, dislike Very Much, dislike Moderate, dislike Slightly - Default Neither Like nor Dislike with reference to compare to
djmoffat@729 389 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 390 %%%% \item ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale~\cite{rec1997bs}
djmoffat@729 391 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 392 %%%% \item 5 point Scale (5-1) Imperceptible, Perceptible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying. (default Inaudible?)- {\it Basically just quantised ABC/HR, or Different named DCR}
djmoffat@729 393 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 394 %%%% \item Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse)~\cite{david1963method}
djmoffat@729 395 %%%% \begin{itemize}
djmoffat@729 396 %%%% \item 2 point Scale - Better or Worse - (not sure how to default this - they default everything to better, which is an interesting choice)
djmoffat@729 397 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 398 %%%% \end{itemize}
djmoffat@729 399
n@732 400 % Build your own test
nicholas@734 401 \begin{comment}
djmoffat@729 402 { \bf A screenshot would be nice.
djmoffat@729 403
djmoffat@729 404 Established tests (see below) included as `presets' in the build-your-own-test page. }
nicholas@734 405 \end{comment}
BrechtDeMan@719 406
BrechtDeMan@719 407 \section{Analysis and diagnostics}
BrechtDeMan@726 408 % don't mention Python scripts
BrechtDeMan@719 409 It would be great to have easy-to-use analysis tools to visualise the collected data and even do science with it. Even better would be to have all this in the browser. Complete perfection would be achieved if and when only limited setup, installation time, and expertise are required for the average non-CS researcher to use this.
BrechtDeMan@719 410
BrechtDeMan@722 411 The following could be nice:
BrechtDeMan@722 412
BrechtDeMan@727 413 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
BrechtDeMan@722 414 \item Web page showing all audioholder IDs, file names, subject IDs, audio element IDs, ... in the collected XMLs so far (\texttt{saves/*.xml})
BrechtDeMan@722 415 \item Check/uncheck each of the above for analysis (e.g. zoom in on a certain song, or exclude a subset of subjects)
BrechtDeMan@722 416 \item Click a mix to hear it (follow path in XML setup file, which is also embedded in the XML result file)
BrechtDeMan@722 417 \item Box plot, confidence plot, scatter plot of values (for a given audioholder)
BrechtDeMan@722 418 \item Timeline for a specific subject (see Python scripts), perhaps re-playing the experiment in X times realtime. (If actual realtime, you could replay the audio...)
BrechtDeMan@722 419 \item Distribution plots of any radio button and number questions (drop-down menu with `pretest', `posttest', ...; then drop-down menu with question `IDs' like `gender', `age', ...; make pie chart/histogram of these values over selected range of XMLs)
BrechtDeMan@722 420 \item All `comments' on a specific audioelement
BrechtDeMan@722 421 \item A `download' button for a nice CSV of various things (values, survey responses, comments) people might want to use for analysis, e.g. when XML scares them
BrechtDeMan@724 422 \item Validation of setup XMLs (easily spot `errors', like duplicate IDs or URLs, missing/dangling tags, ...)
BrechtDeMan@722 423 \end{itemize}
BrechtDeMan@722 424
BrechtDeMan@722 425 A subset of the above would already be nice for this paper.
BrechtDeMan@722 426
BrechtDeMan@719 427 Some pictures here please.
BrechtDeMan@719 428
BrechtDeMan@725 429 \section{Concluding remarks and future work}
BrechtDeMan@719 430
BrechtDeMan@726 431 The code and documentation can be pulled or downloaded from \url{code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/projects/webaudioevaluationtool}.
BrechtDeMan@719 432
BrechtDeMan@726 433 [Talking a little bit about what else might happen. Unless we really want to wrap this up. ]
nicholas@734 434
nicholas@734 435 \cite{schoeffler2015mushra} gives a 'checklist' for subjective evaluation of audio systems. The Web Audio Evaluation Toolbox meets most of its given requirements including remote testing, crossfading between audio streams, collecting browser information, utilising UI elements and working with various audio formats including uncompressed PCM or WAV format.
BrechtDeMan@726 436 % remote
BrechtDeMan@726 437 % language support (not explicitly stated)
BrechtDeMan@726 438 % crossfades
n@733 439 % choosing speakers/sound device from within browser? --- NOT POSSIBLE, can only determine channel output counts and its up to the hardware to determine
BrechtDeMan@726 440 % collect information about software and sound system
BrechtDeMan@726 441 % buttons, scales, ... UI elements
BrechtDeMan@726 442 % must be able to load uncompressed PCM
BrechtDeMan@726 443
BrechtDeMan@726 444 [What can we not do? `Method of adjustment', as in \cite{schoeffler2015mushra} is another can of worms, because, like, you could adjust lots of things (volume is just one of them, that could be done quite easily). Same for using input signals like the participant's voice. Either leave out, or mention this requires modification of the code we provide.]
BrechtDeMan@719 445
BrechtDeMan@719 446 %
BrechtDeMan@719 447 % The following two commands are all you need in the
BrechtDeMan@719 448 % initial runs of your .tex file to
BrechtDeMan@719 449 % produce the bibliography for the citations in your paper.
BrechtDeMan@719 450 \bibliographystyle{abbrv}
BrechtDeMan@719 451 \bibliography{WAC2016} % sigproc.bib is the name of the Bibliography in this case
BrechtDeMan@719 452 % You must have a proper ".bib" file
BrechtDeMan@719 453 % and remember to run:
BrechtDeMan@719 454 % latex bibtex latex latex
BrechtDeMan@719 455 % to resolve all references
BrechtDeMan@719 456 %
BrechtDeMan@719 457 % ACM needs 'a single self-contained file'!
BrechtDeMan@719 458 %
BrechtDeMan@719 459 \end{document}