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author Nicholas Jillings <n.g.r.jillings@se14.qmul.ac.uk>
date Wed, 14 Oct 2015 09:13:37 +0100
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b@308 1 \documentclass{sig-alternate}
b@318 2 \usepackage{hyperref} % make links (like references, links to Sections, ...) clickable
b@318 3 \usepackage{enumitem} % tighten itemize etc by appending '[noitemsep,nolistsep]'
d@321 4 \usepackage{cleveref}
b@308 5
b@308 6 \begin{document}
b@308 7
b@308 8 % Copyright
b@308 9 \setcopyright{waclicense}
b@308 10
b@308 11
b@308 12 %% DOI
b@308 13 %\doi{10.475/123_4}
b@308 14 %
b@308 15 %% ISBN
b@308 16 %\isbn{123-4567-24-567/08/06}
b@308 17 %
b@308 18 %%Conference
b@308 19 %\conferenceinfo{PLDI '13}{June 16--19, 2013, Seattle, WA, USA}
b@308 20 %
b@308 21 %\acmPrice{\$15.00}
b@308 22
b@308 23 %
b@308 24 % --- Author Metadata here ---
b@308 25 \conferenceinfo{Web Audio Conference WAC-2016,}{April 4--6, 2016, Atlanta, USA}
b@308 26 \CopyrightYear{2016} % Allows default copyright year (20XX) to be over-ridden - IF NEED BE.
b@308 27 %\crdata{0-12345-67-8/90/01} % Allows default copyright data (0-89791-88-6/97/05) to be over-ridden - IF NEED BE.
b@308 28 % --- End of Author Metadata ---
b@308 29
b@320 30 \title{Web Audio Evaluation Tool: A framework for subjective assessment of audio}
b@308 31 %\subtitle{[Extended Abstract]
b@308 32 %\titlenote{A full version of this paper is available as
b@308 33 %\textit{Author's Guide to Preparing ACM SIG Proceedings Using
b@308 34 %\LaTeX$2_\epsilon$\ and BibTeX} at
b@308 35 %\texttt{www.acm.org/eaddress.htm}}}
b@308 36 %
b@308 37 % You need the command \numberofauthors to handle the 'placement
b@308 38 % and alignment' of the authors beneath the title.
b@308 39 %
b@308 40 % For aesthetic reasons, we recommend 'three authors at a time'
b@308 41 % i.e. three 'name/affiliation blocks' be placed beneath the title.
b@308 42 %
b@308 43 % NOTE: You are NOT restricted in how many 'rows' of
b@308 44 % "name/affiliations" may appear. We just ask that you restrict
b@308 45 % the number of 'columns' to three.
b@308 46 %
b@308 47 % Because of the available 'opening page real-estate'
b@308 48 % we ask you to refrain from putting more than six authors
b@308 49 % (two rows with three columns) beneath the article title.
b@308 50 % More than six makes the first-page appear very cluttered indeed.
b@308 51 %
b@308 52 % Use the \alignauthor commands to handle the names
b@308 53 % and affiliations for an 'aesthetic maximum' of six authors.
b@308 54 % Add names, affiliations, addresses for
b@308 55 % the seventh etc. author(s) as the argument for the
b@308 56 % \additionalauthors command.
b@308 57 % These 'additional authors' will be output/set for you
b@308 58 % without further effort on your part as the last section in
b@308 59 % the body of your article BEFORE References or any Appendices.
b@308 60
b@316 61 % FIVE authors instead of four, to leave space between first two authors.
d@310 62 \numberofauthors{5} % in this sample file, there are a *total*
b@308 63 % of EIGHT authors. SIX appear on the 'first-page' (for formatting
b@308 64 % reasons) and the remaining two appear in the \additionalauthors section.
b@308 65 %
b@308 66 \author{
b@308 67 % You can go ahead and credit any number of authors here,
b@308 68 % e.g. one 'row of three' or two rows (consisting of one row of three
b@308 69 % and a second row of one, two or three).
b@308 70 %
b@308 71 % The command \alignauthor (no curly braces needed) should
b@308 72 % precede each author name, affiliation/snail-mail address and
b@308 73 % e-mail address. Additionally, tag each line of
b@308 74 % affiliation/address with \affaddr, and tag the
b@308 75 % e-mail address with \email.
b@308 76 %
b@308 77 % 1st. author
b@308 78 \alignauthor Nicholas Jillings\\
b@308 79 \email{n.g.r.jillings@se14.qmul.ac.uk}
b@316 80 % dummy author for nicer spacing
b@316 81 \alignauthor
b@308 82 % 2nd. author
b@308 83 \alignauthor Brecht De Man\\
b@308 84 \email{b.deman@qmul.ac.uk}
b@308 85 \and % use '\and' if you need 'another row' of author names
b@308 86 % 3rd. author
b@308 87 \alignauthor David Moffat\\
b@308 88 \email{d.j.moffat@qmul.ac.uk}
b@308 89 % 4th. author
b@308 90 \alignauthor Joshua D. Reiss\\
b@308 91 \email{joshua.reiss@qmul.ac.uk}
b@316 92 \and % new line for address
b@308 93 \affaddr{Centre for Digital Music}\\
b@308 94 \affaddr{School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science}\\
b@308 95 \affaddr{Queen Mary University of London}\\
b@308 96 \affaddr{Mile End Road,}
b@308 97 \affaddr{London E1 4NS}\\
b@308 98 \affaddr{United Kingdom}\\
b@308 99 }
b@308 100 %Centre for Digital Music, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London
b@308 101 %% 5th. author
b@308 102 %\alignauthor Sean Fogarty\\
b@308 103 % \affaddr{NASA Ames Research Center}\\
b@308 104 % \affaddr{Moffett Field}\\
b@308 105 % \email{fogartys@amesres.org}
b@308 106 %% 6th. author
b@308 107 %\alignauthor Charles Palmer\\
b@308 108 % \affaddr{Palmer Research Laboratories}\\
b@308 109 % \affaddr{8600 Datapoint Drive}\\
b@308 110 % \email{cpalmer@prl.com}
b@308 111 %}
b@308 112 % There's nothing stopping you putting the seventh, eighth, etc.
b@308 113 % author on the opening page (as the 'third row') but we ask,
b@308 114 % for aesthetic reasons that you place these 'additional authors'
b@308 115 % in the \additional authors block, viz.
b@308 116 %\additionalauthors{Additional authors: John Smith (The Th{\o}rv{\"a}ld Group,
b@308 117 %email: {\texttt{jsmith@affiliation.org}}) and Julius P.~Kumquat
b@308 118 %(The Kumquat Consortium, email: {\texttt{jpkumquat@consortium.net}}).}
b@308 119 \date{1 October 2015}
b@308 120 % Just remember to make sure that the TOTAL number of authors
b@308 121 % is the number that will appear on the first page PLUS the
b@308 122 % number that will appear in the \additionalauthors section.
b@308 123
b@308 124 \maketitle
b@308 125 \begin{abstract}
b@308 126 Here comes the abstract.
b@308 127 \end{abstract}
b@308 128
b@308 129
b@308 130 \section{Introduction}
b@317 131
b@317 132 % Listening tests/perceptual audio evaluation: what are they, why are they important
b@317 133 % As opposed to limited scope of WAC15 paper: also musical features, realism of sound effects / sound synthesis, performance of source separation and other algorithms...
b@317 134 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
b@317 135 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.
b@317 136
b@318 137 % check out http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10055-015-0270-8 - only paper that cited WAC15 paper
b@318 138
b@317 139 % Why difficult? Challenges? What constitutes a good interface?
b@317 140 Technical, interfaces, user friendliness, reliability
b@317 141
b@317 142 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}.
b@317 143
b@317 144 % Why in the browser?
b@317 145 Web Audio API has made some essential features like sample manipulation of audio streams possible \cite{schoeffler2015mushra}.
b@308 146
b@316 147 Situating the Web Audio Evaluation Tool between other currently available evaluation tools, ...
b@316 148
b@316 149 % only browser-based?
d@321 150 \begin{table*}[ht]
b@323 151 \caption{Table with existing listening test platforms and their features}
b@323 152 \begin{center}
b@323 153 \begin{tabular}{|*{6}{l|}}
b@323 154 \hline
b@323 155 \textbf{Name} & \textbf{Ref.} & \textbf{Language} & \textbf{Interfaces} & \textbf{Remote} & \textbf{All UI} \\
b@323 156 \hline
b@323 157 APE & \cite{ape} & MATLAB & multi-stimulus, 1 axis per attribute & & \\
b@323 158 BeaqleJS & \cite{beaqlejs} & JavaScript & ABX, MUSHRA & (not natively supported) & \\
b@323 159 HULTI-GEN & \cite{hultigen} & MAX & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 160 mushraJS & \footnote{https://github.com/akaroice/mushraJS} & JavaScript & MUSHRA & \checkmark & \\
b@323 161 MUSHRAM & \cite{mushram} & MATLAB & MUSHRA & & \\
b@323 162 Scale & \cite{scale} & MATLAB & & & \\
b@323 163 WhisPER & \cite{whisper} & MATLAB & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 164 \textbf{WAET} & \cite{waet} & JavaScript & \textbf{all of the above} & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
b@323 165 \hline
b@323 166 \end{tabular}
b@323 167 \end{center}
b@323 168 \label{tab:toolboxes}
b@323 169 \end{table*}%
b@323 170
b@323 171 \begin{table*}[ht]
b@323 172 \caption{Table with interfaces and which toolboxes support them}
b@323 173 \begin{center}
b@323 174 \begin{tabular}{|*{5}{l|}}
b@323 175 \hline
b@323 176 \textbf{Interface} & \textbf{HULTI-GEN} & \textbf{Scale} & \textbf{WhisPER} & \textbf{WAET} \\
b@323 177 \hline
b@323 178 MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 179 Rank scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 180 Likert scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
b@323 181 ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 182 -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 183 Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 184 Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 185 Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
b@323 186 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale & \checkmark & & \checkmark & \checkmark \\
b@323 187 ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 188 Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse) & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 189 APE style & & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 190 Multi attribute ratings & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 191 AB Test & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 192 ABX Test & \checkmark & & & \checkmark \\
b@323 193 ``Adaptive psychophysical methods'' & & & \checkmark & \\
b@323 194 Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) & & & \checkmark & \\
b@323 195 (Semantic differential) & & & (\checkmark) & \\ % same as a few of the above
b@323 196 \hline
b@323 197 \end{tabular}
b@323 198 \end{center}
b@323 199 \label{tab:toolboxes}
b@323 200 \end{table*}%
b@316 201
b@316 202 % about BeaqleJS
b@323 203 ... However, BeaqleJS \cite{beaqlejs} does not make use of the Web Audio API, %requires programming knowledge?...
b@316 204
b@316 205 %
b@317 206 Selling points: remote tests, visualisaton, create your own test in the browser, many interfaces, few/no dependencies, flexibility
b@317 207
b@317 208 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. % I wonder what you can do with Amazon Mechanical Turk and the likes.
b@317 209
b@317 210 [Talking about what we do in the various sections of this paper. Referring to \cite{waet}. ]
b@316 211
b@320 212 % MEETING 8 OCTOBER
b@320 213 \subsection{Meeting 8 October}
b@320 214 \begin{itemize}
b@320 215 \item Do we manipulate audio?\\
b@320 216 \begin{itemize}
b@320 217 \item Add loudness equalisation? (test\_create.html) Tag with gains.
b@320 218 \item Add volume slider?
b@320 219 \item Cross-fade (in interface node): default 0, number of seconds
b@320 220 \item Also: we use the playback buffer to present metrics of which portion is listened to
b@320 221 \end{itemize}
b@320 222 \item Logging system information: whichever are possible (justify others)
b@320 223 \item Input streams as audioelements
b@320 224 \item Capture microphone to estimate loudness (especially Macbook)
b@320 225 \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!
b@320 226 \item Record IP address (PHP function, grab and append to XML file)
b@320 227 \item Expand anchor/reference options
b@320 228 \item AB / ABX
b@320 229 \end{itemize}
b@320 230
b@320 231 \subsubsection{Issues}
b@320 232 \begin{itemize}
b@320 233 \item Filters not consistent (Nick to test across browsers)
b@320 234 \item Playback audiobuffers need to be destroyed and rebuilt each time
b@320 235 \item Can't get channel data, hardware input/output...
b@320 236 \end{itemize}
b@320 237
b@316 238
b@317 239 \section{Architecture} % title? 'back end'? % NICK
nicholas@322 240 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@322 241
nicholas@322 242 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@322 243
nicholas@322 244 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@322 245
nicholas@322 246 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@322 247
nicholas@322 248 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@322 249
nicholas@322 250 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@322 251
b@308 252 A slightly technical overview of the system. Talk about XML, JavaScript, Web Audio API, HTML5.
b@316 253 Describe and/or visualise audioholder-audioelement-... structure.
b@316 254
b@317 255 % see also SMC12 - less detail here
b@317 256
b@317 257 Which type of files? % WAV, anything else? Perhaps not exhaustive list, but say something along the lines of 'whatever browser supports'
b@315 258
b@316 259 Streaming audio? % probably not, unless it's easy
b@316 260
b@317 261 Compatibility? % not IE, everything else fine?
b@317 262
b@317 263
b@315 264
b@315 265
b@316 266 \section{Remote tests} % with previous?
b@317 267
b@317 268 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.
b@317 269 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.
b@317 270
b@315 271 The following features allow easy and effective remote testing:
b@318 272 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
b@315 273 \item PHP script to collect result XML files
b@315 274 \item Randomly pick specified number of audioholders
b@317 275 \item Calibration
nicholas@322 276 % In theory calibration could be applied anywhere??
b@315 277 \item Functionality to participate multiple times
b@318 278 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
b@315 279 \item Possible to log in with unique ID (no password)
n@327 280 \item Pick `new user' (generates new, unique ID) or `already participated' (need already available ID)
b@315 281 \item Store XML on server with IDs plus which audioholders have already been listened to
b@315 282 \item Don't show `post-test' survey after first time
b@315 283 \item Pick `new' audioholders if available
b@315 284 \item Copy survey information first time to new XMLs
b@315 285 \end{itemize}
b@315 286 \item Intermediate saves
n@327 287 \item Collect Public IP address information for geographic location (by country).
nicholas@322 288 \item Collect Browser and Display information
b@315 289 \end{itemize}
b@315 290
b@308 291
b@316 292 \section{Interfaces} % title? 'Front end'? % Dave
d@321 293
d@321 294 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.
d@321 295
b@323 296 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
d@321 297 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
d@321 298 \item MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534)~\cite{recommendation20031534}
d@321 299 \begin{itemize}
d@321 300 \item Multiple stimuli are presented and rated on a continuous scale, which includes a reference, hidden reference and hidden anchors.
d@321 301 \end{itemize}
d@321 302 \item Rank Scale~\cite{pascoe1983evaluation}
d@321 303 \begin{itemize}
d@321 304 \item Stimuli ranked on single horizontal scale, where they are ordered in preference order.
d@321 305 \end{itemize}
d@321 306 \item Likert scale~\cite{likert1932technique}
d@321 307 \begin{itemize}
d@321 308 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree and Strongly Disagree.
d@321 309 \end{itemize}
d@321 310 \item ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116)~\cite{recommendation19971116} (Mean Opinion Score: MOS)
d@321 311 \begin{itemize}
d@321 312 \item Each stimulus has a continuous scale (5-1), labeled as Imperceptible, Perceptible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying.
d@321 313 \end{itemize}
d@321 314 \item -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref
d@321 315 \begin{itemize}
d@321 316 \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}
d@321 317 \item Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 318 \begin{itemize}
d@321 319 \item Each stimuli has a five point scale with values: Bad, Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent
d@321 320 \end{itemize}
d@321 321 \item Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 322 \begin{itemize}
d@321 323 \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.
d@321 324 \end{itemize}
d@321 325 \item Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 326 \begin{itemize}
d@321 327 \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.
d@321 328 \end{itemize}
d@321 329 \item 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale~\cite{peryam1952advanced}
d@321 330 \begin{itemize}
d@321 331 \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.
d@321 332 \end{itemize}
d@321 333 \item ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale~\cite{rec1997bs}
d@321 334 \begin{itemize}
d@321 335 \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.
d@321 336 \end{itemize}
d@321 337 \item Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse)~\cite{david1963method}
d@321 338 \begin{itemize}
d@321 339 \item A reference is provided and ever stimulus is rated as being either better or worse than the reference.
d@321 340 \end{itemize}
d@321 341 \item APE style \cite{ape}
d@321 342 \begin{itemize}
d@321 343 \item Multiple stimuli on a single horizontal slider for inter-sample rating.
d@321 344 \end{itemize}
d@321 345 \item Multi attribute ratings
d@321 346 \begin{itemize}
d@321 347 \item Multiple stimuli as points on a 2D plane for inter-sample rating (eg. Valence Arousal)
d@321 348 \end{itemize}
d@321 349 \item AB Test~\cite{lipshitz1981great}
d@321 350 \begin{itemize}
d@321 351 \item Two stimuli are presented at a time and the participant has to select a preferred stimulus.
d@321 352 \end{itemize}
d@321 353 \item ABX Test~\cite{clark1982high}
d@321 354 \begin{itemize}
d@321 355 \item Two stimuli are presented along with a reference and the participant has to select a preferred stimulus, often the closest to the reference.
d@321 356 \end{itemize}
d@321 357 \end{itemize}
d@321 358
d@321 359 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.
d@321 360
n@326 361 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@326 362
d@321 363 %%%% \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
d@321 364 %%%% \item (APE style) \cite{ape}
d@321 365 %%%% \item Multi attribute ratings
d@321 366 %%%% \item MUSHRA (ITU-R BS. 1534)~\cite{recommendation20031534}
d@321 367 %%%% \item Interval Scale~\cite{zacharov1999round}
d@321 368 %%%% \item Rank Scale~\cite{pascoe1983evaluation}
d@321 369 %%%%
d@321 370 %%%% \item 2D Plane rating - e.g. Valence vs. Arousal~\cite{carroll1969individual}
d@321 371 %%%% \item Likert scale~\cite{likert1932technique}
d@321 372 %%%%
d@321 373 %%%% \item {\bf All the following are the interfaces available in HULTI-GEN~\cite{hultigen} }
d@321 374 %%%% \item ABC/HR (ITU-R BS. 1116)~\cite{recommendation19971116}
d@321 375 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 376 %%%% \item Continuous Scale (5-1) Imperceptible, Perceptible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying. (default Inaudible?)
d@321 377 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 378 %%%% \item -50 to 50 Bipolar with Ref
d@321 379 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 380 %%%% \item Scale -50 to 50 on Mushra with default values as 0 in middle and a comparison ``Reference'' to compare to 0 value
d@321 381 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 382 %%%% \item Absolute Category Rating (ACR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 383 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 384 %%%% \item 5 point Scale - Bad, Poor, Fair, Good, Excellent (Default fair?)
d@321 385 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 386 %%%% \item Degredation Category Rating (DCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 387 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 388 %%%% \item 5 point Scale - Inaudible, Audible but not annoying, slightly annoying, annoying, very annoying. (default Inaudible?) - {\it Basically just quantised ABC/HR?}
d@321 389 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 390 %%%% \item Comparison Category Rating (CCR) Scale~\cite{rec1996p}
d@321 391 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 392 %%%% \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
d@321 393 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 394 %%%% \item 9 Point Hedonic Category Rating Scale~\cite{peryam1952advanced}
d@321 395 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 396 %%%% \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
d@321 397 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 398 %%%% \item ITU-R 5 Point Continuous Impairment Scale~\cite{rec1997bs}
d@321 399 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 400 %%%% \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}
d@321 401 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 402 %%%% \item Pairwise Comparison (Better/Worse)~\cite{david1963method}
d@321 403 %%%% \begin{itemize}
d@321 404 %%%% \item 2 point Scale - Better or Worse - (not sure how to default this - they default everything to better, which is an interesting choice)
d@321 405 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 406 %%%% \end{itemize}
d@321 407
n@326 408 % Build your own test
n@326 409
d@321 410 { \bf A screenshot would be nice.
d@321 411
d@321 412 Established tests (see below) included as `presets' in the build-your-own-test page. }
b@308 413
b@308 414 \section{Analysis and diagnostics}
b@317 415 % don't mention Python scripts
b@308 416 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.
b@308 417
b@312 418 The following could be nice:
b@312 419
b@318 420 \begin{itemize}[noitemsep,nolistsep]
b@312 421 \item Web page showing all audioholder IDs, file names, subject IDs, audio element IDs, ... in the collected XMLs so far (\texttt{saves/*.xml})
b@312 422 \item Check/uncheck each of the above for analysis (e.g. zoom in on a certain song, or exclude a subset of subjects)
b@312 423 \item Click a mix to hear it (follow path in XML setup file, which is also embedded in the XML result file)
b@312 424 \item Box plot, confidence plot, scatter plot of values (for a given audioholder)
b@312 425 \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...)
b@312 426 \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)
b@312 427 \item All `comments' on a specific audioelement
b@312 428 \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
b@315 429 \item Validation of setup XMLs (easily spot `errors', like duplicate IDs or URLs, missing/dangling tags, ...)
b@312 430 \end{itemize}
b@312 431
b@312 432 A subset of the above would already be nice for this paper.
b@312 433
b@308 434 Some pictures here please.
b@308 435
b@316 436 \section{Concluding remarks and future work}
b@308 437
b@317 438 The code and documentation can be pulled or downloaded from \url{code.soundsoftware.ac.uk/projects/webaudioevaluationtool}.
b@308 439
b@317 440 [Talking a little bit about what else might happen. Unless we really want to wrap this up. ]
b@316 441
b@317 442 Use \cite{schoeffler2015mushra} as a `checklist', even though it only considers subjective evaluation of audio systems (and focuses on the requirements for a MUSHRA test).
b@317 443 % remote
b@317 444 % language support (not explicitly stated)
b@317 445 % crossfades
n@327 446 % choosing speakers/sound device from within browser? --- NOT POSSIBLE, can only determine channel output counts and its up to the hardware to determine
b@317 447 % collect information about software and sound system
b@317 448 % buttons, scales, ... UI elements
b@317 449 % must be able to load uncompressed PCM
b@317 450
b@317 451 [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.]
b@308 452
b@308 453 %
b@308 454 % The following two commands are all you need in the
b@308 455 % initial runs of your .tex file to
b@308 456 % produce the bibliography for the citations in your paper.
b@308 457 \bibliographystyle{abbrv}
b@308 458 \bibliography{WAC2016} % sigproc.bib is the name of the Bibliography in this case
b@308 459 % You must have a proper ".bib" file
b@308 460 % and remember to run:
b@308 461 % latex bibtex latex latex
b@308 462 % to resolve all references
b@308 463 %
b@308 464 % ACM needs 'a single self-contained file'!
b@308 465 %
b@308 466 \end{document}