A Location-Adaptive Human-Centered Audio Email Notification Service for Multi-user Environments
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In this paper, we introduce an application for a discreet notification of mobile persons in a multi-user environment. In particular we use the current user position to provide a personalized email notification with non-speech audio cues embedded in aesthetic background music. The notification is done in a peripheral way to avoid distration of other people in the surrounding.
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