AUDIO REPRODUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS SUPPORTING AUDIO THUMBNAIL FUNCTION

摘要

An audio reproduction method and apparatus are provided. The method includes sound-localizing audio thumbnails that respectively represent a predetermined number of audio files into a predetermined number of directions, simultaneously outputting the sound-localized audio thumbnails, and outputting at least one of the audio files based on a selection of a user who has heard the simultaneously-output audio thumbnails. The user can search several audio files at a time and more quickly select and listen to desired audio files.