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Spatial audio not relied on

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Normative Text

Information is not conveyed by spatial audio alone.

Information conveyed includes presenting data or meaning, indicating an action, prompting a response, distinguishing between items, conveying boundaries, etc. Artistic expression is not part of information conveyed.

Tests

This section is non-normative.

Procedure

For each instance where information is conveyed by spatial audio:

  1. Check that the information is also conveyed in a way that does not use sound, for instance with a visual text, or haptic indicator.

Expected results

  • #1 is true for all instances.

Tests

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Key Terms

spatial audio

sounds that vary in volume and source location to create the illusion of different origin points