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PRONUNCIATION OF EARCON

earcon  [ˈɪərˌkɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EARCON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Earcon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EARCON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Earcon

An earcon is a brief, distinctive sound used to represent a specific event or convey other information. Earcons are a common feature of computer operating systems and applications, ranging from beeping when an error occurs to the customizable sound schemes of Windows 7 that indicate startup, shutdown, and many other events. The name is a pun on the more familiar term icon in computer interfaces. Icon sounds like "eye-con" and are visual, which inspired D.A. Sumikawa to coin "earcon" as the auditory equivalent in a 1985 article, 'Guidelines for the integration of audio cues into computer user interfaces.' Although the term is most commonly applied to sound cues in a computer interface, examples of the concept can be seen in broadcast media such as radio and television: ▪ The alert signal used to indicate a message from the Emergency Broadcast System ▪ The signature three-tone melody used to identify NBC in radio and television broadcasts Earcons are generally synthesized tones or sound patterns. The similar term auditory icon refers to recorded everyday sounds that are used for the same purpose.

Definition of earcon in the English dictionary

The definition of earcon in the dictionary is a short, organized sound sequence that stands for an object or an incident.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EARCON


air-con
ˈɛəˌkɒn
basilicon
bəˈsɪlɪˌkɒn
Budokon
ˈbuːdəʊˌkɒn
catcon
ˈkætˌkɒn
Comecon
ˈkɒmɪˌkɒn
eirenicon
aɪˈriːnɪˌkɒn
emoticon
ɪˈməʊtɪˌkɒn
eulachon
ˈjuːləˌkɒn
favicon
ˈfævɪˌkɒn
genethliacon
ˌdʒɛnɪθˈlaɪəˌkɒn
hexastichon
hɛkˈsæstɪˌkɒn
irenicon
aɪˈriːnɪˌkɒn
onomasticon
ˌɒnəˈmæstɪˌkɒn
orthicon
ˈɔːθɪˌkɒn
ostracon
ˈɒstrəˌkɒn
Plumbicon
ˈplʌmbɪˌkɒn
recon
ˈriːˌkɒn
replicon
ˈrɛplɪˌkɒn
telecon
ˈtɛlɪˌkɒn
vidicon
ˈvɪdɪˌkɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EARCON

ear-stone
ear, nose and throat department
ear, nose and throat specialist
earache
earball
earbash
earbasher
earbashing
earbob
earbud
eard
eardrop
eardrops
eardrum
eared
eared seal
earflap
earful
Earhart
earhole

WORDS THAT END LIKE EARCON

bacon
Balcon
beacon
body-con
Brecon
con
deacon
falcon
fashion icon
flacon
gascon
helicon
icon
lexicon
Macon
MEcon
neo-con
Rubicon
silicon
zircon

Synonyms and antonyms of earcon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «earcon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EARCON

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The translations of earcon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «earcon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

听觉符号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Earcon
570 millions of speakers

English

earcon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

earcon
380 millions of speakers
ar

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earcon
280 millions of speakers

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earcon
278 millions of speakers

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earcon
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

earcon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

earcon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Earcon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

earcon
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

earcon
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이어 콘
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kuping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

earcon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

earcon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कानकोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ses sinyali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

earcon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

earcon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

earcon
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

earcon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

earcon
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

earcon
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

earcon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

earcon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of earcon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EARCON»

The term «earcon» is used very little and occupies the 187.895 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EARCON» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EARCON»

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Multimedia Software Engineering
... x°) -» [43,44,45,46,47,53,54,55,56,57] {rel (S1, x°)} R74: synchronization ( earcon°, A°) -» [25,26,27,28,29,30,3 1 ,32,33,34,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,5 1 ,52] { synchronization(earcon°, z1)} R75: synchronization (A°, earcon°) — > [25,26,27, 28 ...
Shi-Kuo Chang, 2000
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The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: Fundamentals, ...
Putting different numbers of notes in each earcon is very effective. Earcons are likely to be confused if the rhythms are similar, even if there are large spectral differences. Very short note lengths might not be noticed, so do not use very short  ...
Andrew Sears, Julie A. Jacko, 2007
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Handbook of Human-Computer Interaction
gt:-l=l:l==I=t=*: EEEEE. click sine square click sine triangle Figure 10. A family of error messages can be built as a hierarchy in which each subordinate level is distinguished by a new musical parameter. In this example, the earcon ...
M.G. Helander, T.K. Landauer, P.V. Prabhu, 1997
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Human-Computer Interactions in Transport
Principle 2 – the earcons inform us as to the level of hierarchical depth of items, in the following manner: – The duration of an earcon associated with an item depends on the depth of this item in the hierarchy: the lower an item in the hierarchy, ...
Christophe Kolski, 2013
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Clique: Perceptually Based, Task Oriented Auditory Display ...
Second, earcon grammars may be created from compound earcons, two or more simple earcons presented in succession to form one, longer earcon. The compound earcon itself is analogous to a spoken phrase and its component earcons ...
Peter Parente, 2008
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Pro Android 3
There is another type of sound that the TTS engine can play for us called an earcon. An earcon is like an audible icon. It's not supposed to represent text but rather provide an audible cue to some sort of event or to the presence of something in ...
Sayed Hashimi, Satya Komatineni, Dave MacLean, 2011
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HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory, ...
(1989) suggest choosing the tones according to the cultural background of the target group (e.g., Western tonal music), and they elaborate on exploiting hierarchical structures in earcon families for better learnability. Such compound earcons ...
Philip Kortum, 2008
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Microinteractions: Full Color Edition: Designing with Details
For example, the click of a latch closing can be the earcon for the microinteraction ending, or an upward whoosh can accompany an item moving tothetopofa list. Avoid earcons that are too shrill (except for critical warnings)or too soft (“DidIjust ...
Dan Saffer, 2013
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Human-computer Interaction, INTERACT '99: IFIP TC.13 ...
1n terms of learning. there appears to be no significant advantage in using hybrid warnings in preference to using voice alone. 1f hybrid warnings do have an advantage over voice (only) or earcon (only) warnings. then it is likely to be derived ...
Martina Angela Sasse, Chris W. Johnson, 1999
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Haptic and Audio Interaction Design: First International ...
4.2 Audio Feedback Most related work as described in section 3.2 makes use of earcons but different approaches are used. Based on these findings, we decided on the following: when reaching an object, an earcon sounds (F' on piano for 1s)  ...
David McGookin, Stephen Brewster, 2006

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EARCON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term earcon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hear the Evolution of Apple's Iconic Startup Sound for the Mac
It's a symbol of what's to come—Reekes calls it an earcon (analogous to an icon). This tiny sound leads off all the connections that your ... «Wired, Oct 14»
2
Microsoft Wants App with Speech Recognition in Windows 8.1
“When the user clicks or taps the mic, they will hear a blip, or 'earcon,' to signal that it's time to speak, and an audio meter will show their current ... «Softpedia, Oct 13»
3
Bing Gets New Speech Recognition Control
Whenever you tap or click the mic, you will hear a blip, or “earcon”, which is the signal that you can speak there and then. [Press Release]. «Ubergizmo, Oct 13»
4
Stuck in a Phone Tree: Some Companies Try To Make Escape Easier
... replay a menu -- will play a special tone, or "earcon," at the beginning of the call, signaling to consumers that the company is in compliance. «Wall Street Journal, Aug 06»

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