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Paper: added interface image, minor updates

 
 %NICK: examples of what kind of audio applications HTML5 has made possible, with references to publications (or website)\\
 
 The Web Audio API is a high-level JavaScript API designed for real-time processing audio inside the browser through various processing nodes \cite{webaudioapi}. Various web sites have used the Web Audio API for either creative purposes, such as drum machines and score creation tools \cite{webaudiodemo}, %http://webaudio.github.io/demo-list/
 others from the list show real-time captured audio processing such as room reverberation tools and a phase vocoder from the system microphone. The BBC Radiophonic Workshop shows effects used on famous TV shows such as Doctor Who, being simulated inside the browser \cite{bbcradiophonics}. %http://webaudio.prototyping.bbc.co.uk/
-Another example is the BBC R\&D automatic compressor which applies a dynamic range compressor on a radio station which dynamically adjusts the compressor settings to match the listener's envrionment.\\ % The paper for this has not been released yet by AES...
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-This work is based on the APE audio perceptual evaluation interface for MATLAB \cite{deman2014b}. Because of the 
+Another example is the BBC R\&D automatic compressor which applies a dynamic range compressor on a radio station which dynamically adjusts the compressor settings to match the listener's environment.\\ % The paper for this has not been released yet by AES...
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+This work is based on the APE audio perceptual evaluation interface for MATLAB \cite{deman2014b}. An important drawback of this toolbox is the need to have MATLAB to create a test and even to run (barring the use of an executable generated by MATLAB), and limited compatibility with both earlier and newer versions of MATLAB, which makes it hard to maintain. On the other hand, a web application generally has the advantage of running in most browsers on most applications, and we present a tool that requires no specialised software or even programming knowledge to set up. 
+%prior work: \cite{deman2014b} in MATLAB, much less easy to deploy, and often stops working due to version updates \\ 
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 background (types of research where this type of perceptual evaluation of audio is relevant)\\
 
 multiple stimulus perceptual evaluation \cite{bech}\\
 
-prior work: \cite{deman2014b} in MATLAB, much less easy to deploy, and often stops working due to version updates \\ 
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 goal, what are we trying to do? \\
 
 other background papers (some SMC?)\\
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-[Previously, due to limited functionality of HTML, ..., it was not possible to design this type of interfaces with such high quality audio... ]
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 %\section{Design considerations}\label{sec:designconsiderations} % not necessary? with next (/previous) section?
 
 We present a browser-based perceptual evaluation tool for audio that ... \\
 

 
 \subsection{Interface}\label{sec:interface} %elsewhere?
 
 At this point, we have implemented the interface of the MATLAB-based APE Perceptual Evaluation for Audio toolbox \cite{deman2014b}, which shows one marker for each simultaneously evaluated audio fragment on one or more horizontal axes (to rate/rank the respective fragments), as well as a comment box for every marker, and any extra text boxes for extra comments. See \ref{fig:interface} for an example of the interface, with 10 fragments and one axis. However, the back end of this test environment allows for many more established and novel interfaces for listening tests, particularly ones where the subject only assesses audio without manipulating it (i.e. method of adjustment, which would require additional features to be implemented). 
 
-%\begin{figure*}[htbp]
-%\begin{center}
-%\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{interface.png}
-%\caption{Example of interface, with 1 axis and 10 fragments}
-%\label{fig:interface}
-%\end{center}
-%\end{figure*}
+\begin{figure*}[htbp]
+\begin{center}
+\includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{interface.png}
+\caption{Example of interface, with 1 axis and 10 fragments}
+\label{fig:interface}
+\end{center}
+\end{figure*}
 
 
 
 \subsection{Architecture}\label{sec:architecture}