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Spatial audio not relied on

Core requirement

Information is not conveyed by spatial audio alone.

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

Tests

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

Key Terms

spatial audio

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