An Alarm Designer on How to Annoy People in the Most Effective Ways
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#2Along these same lines, one of my favorite examples of this type of work (human factors related to attention/alerting) is "Bitchin' Betty" and company - the female voice that makes up the "oral alert system" from the F/A-18 superhornet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8
A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice so that pilots would know to immediately pay attention to the warning system above everything else.
Re: An Alarm Designer on How to Annoy People in the Most Effective Ways
#3Along these same lines, one of my favorite examples of this type of work (human factors related to attention/alerting) is "Bitchin' Betty" and company - the female voice that makes up the "oral alert system" from the F/A-18 superhornet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice so that pilots would know to immediately pay attention to t…
That's really interesting!
And now and off-topic question: why would rolling right stop a plane from going in the sea?
Re: An Alarm Designer on How to Annoy People in the Most Effective Ways
#4Along these same lines, one of my favorite examples of this type of work (human factors related to attention/alerting) is "Bitchin' Betty" and company - the female voice that makes up the "oral alert system" from the F/A-18 superhornet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice so that pilots would know to immediately pay attention to t…
That's fascinating, and oddly endearing. Thanks for sharing!
Re: An Alarm Designer on How to Annoy People in the Most Effective Ways
#5Along these same lines, one of my favorite examples of this type of work (human factors related to attention/alerting) is "Bitchin' Betty" and company - the female voice that makes up the "oral alert system" from the F/A-18 superhornet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice so that pilots would know to immediately pay attention to t…
"A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice"
And according to that wikipedia link, most of it was wrong or conflicting!
Re: An Alarm Designer on How to Annoy People in the Most Effective Ways
#6Just record the sound of an open-plan office.
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#7I never really thought about the fact that alarms are researched and have dedicated designers. This was a very interesting article, thanks for sharing it.
I might have to start checking Atlas Obscura more often if they have articles like this on it.
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#8Along these same lines, one of my favorite examples of this type of work (human factors related to attention/alerting) is "Bitchin' Betty" and company - the female voice that makes up the "oral alert system" from the F/A-18 superhornet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx7-yvXf6f8 A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice so that pilots would know to immediately pay attention to t…
"A lot of research went into everything from the gender to the tone of the voice" And according to that wikipedia link, most of it was wrong or conflicting!
I feel like cursing should also have been considered.
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#9Just record the sound of an open-plan office.
The article addresses that — a good alarm shouldn't interfere with getting things done.
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#10Hospital monitors beeping all the time are so annoying, stressful. Last visit I just turned off the machine I was annoyed.