Mobile phones oer great potential for personalization.Besides apps and background images, ringtones are themajor form of personalization. They are most often usedto have a personal sound for incoming texts and calls.Furthermore, ringtones are used to identify the caller orsender of a message. In parts, this function is utilitarian(e.g., caller identication without looking at the phone)but it is also a form of self-expression (e.g., favorite tuneas standard ringtone). We investigate how audio can beused to convey richer information. In this demo we showhow sonications of SMS can be used to encode informationabout the sender's identity as well as the content andintention of a message based on exible, user-generatedmappings. We present a platform that allows arbitrarymappings to be managed and apps to be connected inorder to create a sonication of any message. Using abackground app on Android, we show the utility of theapproach for mobile devices.    «

Mobile phones oer great potential for personalization.Besides apps and background images, ringtones are themajor form of personalization. They are most often usedto have a personal sound for incoming texts and calls.Furthermore, ringtones are used to identify the caller orsender of a message. In parts, this function is utilitarian(e.g., caller identication without looking at the phone)but it is also a form of self-expression (e.g., favorite tuneas standard ringtone). We investigate how audio can...    »