Auditory Icons: Credit card beeps to driverless car melodies
Why are some device sounds pleasing, while others stress us out?
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Show Notes
We live in a designed world, and alert tones are no exception. Every beep and ping that your phone or laptop makes probably went through multiple rounds of revisions and approvals. So what separates a good device sound from a bad one? This story comes from the Wireframe podcast, and features sound designer Connor Moore and psychoacoustic expert Susan Rogers.
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