Improvements and User Preferences in Auralization for Multi-Party Teleconferencing Systems Using Binaural Audio

Aguilera E, Lopez JJ, Gutierrez-Parera P. Improvements and User Preferences in Auralization for Multi-Party Teleconferencing Systems Using Binaural Audio. In: AES Convention 138. Audio Engineering Society; 2015. Paper 9305. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17729

@inproceedings{Aguilera2015_17729,
  author = {Aguilera, Emanuel and Lopez, Jose J. and Gutierrez-Parera, Pablo},
  title = {{Improvements and User Preferences in Auralization for Multi-Party Teleconferencing Systems Using Binaural Audio}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 138},
  note = {Paper 9305},
  year = {2015},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=17729}
}

TY  - CPAPER
TI  - Improvements and User Preferences in Auralization for Multi-Party Teleconferencing Systems Using Binaural Audio
AU  - Aguilera, Emanuel
AU  - Lopez, Jose J.
AU  - Gutierrez-Parera, Pablo
T2  - AES Convention 138
M1  - Paper 9305
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DA  - 2015/05/06
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PB  - Audio Engineering Society
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AB  - The introduction of spatial audio in multi-party teleconferencing systems create realistic communication environments with increased immersion compared to monaural systems. Moreover, the introduction of auralization effects can increase even more the immersion but at the expenses of a reduced intelligibility. In this paper we study the influence of some specific auralization processing details for a trade-off between realism and intelligibility. Our own spatial multi-party teleconferencing software running on smartphones and tablets has been developed for carrying out different subjective experiments. By means of subjective testing with a jury, it has been evaluated the influence in immersion, intelligibility, and user preferences in relation with early echoes, late reverberation, and the introduction of simple near-field HRTF processing when audio sources are very close to the user. Results provide interesting guidelines for developing teleconference systems with more subtle auralization and HRTF effects.
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