FIG. 11G illustrates an example of haptic outputs of different amplitudes, according to an embodiment. In addition to the various haptic output types shown above, in other embodiments the haptic output generated by a cutaneous actuator 1104 from a actuator signal 1111 can be of different intensities, otherwise known as amplitudes. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 11G, the three different haptic outputs have amplitudes 1136, 1137, and 1138. These haptic outputs with different amplitudes may be used to represent different phonemes or sounds of the input words 1106. For example, a larger amplitude of haptic output may represent an emphasis, end of sentence, punctuation mark, or so on, while a smaller amplitude may represent normal speech.
While certain types of haptic outputs have been described above with reference to FIGS. 11C through 11G, in other embodiments additional haptic output types may be generated by the cutaneous actuators 1104. Furthermore, the haptic outputs described above may represent more than just phonemes, and may represent numbers, punctuation marks, tone of voice, musical notes, audio cues, and so on. In addition, the sequences haptic outputs described above may be generated by more than one cutaneous actuator 1104 to represent a single phoneme or other element.
