Learn how audio differs from text that is read by the user. This presentation points out the main challenges in using audio to transport information. Best practices and results from tests are presented. This is useful for anyone who creates content that is to be listened to - podcasts, radio, voice control systems etc.
2. About Your Speaker
• Jens Jacobsen
• Information Architekt, Usability
Consultant
• Created podcasts, websites & POIs/
games for museums
• Founder, CEO Content Crew GmbH
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14. User Scenarios 1/3
• How will audio be used?
• Just listen: Radio
• Listen, maybe rewind: audio book
• Listen parts, skip, maybe rewind: Podcast
• Listen, talk: voice recognition
• Listen, use keys: voice recognition
• Listen interactively: Web
increasingly interactive
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15. User Scenarios 2/3
• How are the surroundings?
• Headphones / phone receiver / loudspeaker
• At home
• In the office
• On the go
• How much experience do users have?
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16. User Scenarios 3/3
• What do the users want?
• Entertainment
• Information
• Problem solving
increasingly goal-oriented
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19. Writing to Be Heard
• Be short
• Write easy sentences
• Use present tense, name the doer
• Avoid jargon & complicated words
• Repeat, repeat, repeat
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21. Make Information Digestable
• One new information per sentence
• Provide time for information processing
• Relate to personal experience
• Instead of
The new time management solution IS EasyPlan makes it
possible to access all e-mail in order and answer them in a
way…
• Write:
You know it: you enter the office in good spirit. But turning on
your PC you find 73 unread e-mails. IS EasyPlan helps you…
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30. Text Comparison
P A The end of research
[ethereal sound]
At the end of the 19th century, At the end of the 19th century,
scientists were in agreement: scientists agreed:
All of nature's laws were known All of nature's laws were known
to man and fully understood, to man and fully understood.
every observable phenomenon Every observable phenomenon
could be explained and could be explained and
described with a formula, only a described with a formula. Only a
few minor details would be left few minor details would be left
to discover. to discover.
Not until decades later most of Not until decades later most of
them realized how wrong they them realized how wrong they
were... were... [wobbling sound] 30
39. Our Plans
• Produce video with same text.
• Conduct study with ~100 participants.
• Develop audio player that
• meets usability requirements
• tracks audio abort
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41. Conclusion
• Create text with
Audio Information Architecure in mind
• Use a usable player
• Don‘t think anyone listens a longer audio on the
web—but maybe he/she downloads it
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42. Your Turn
• For more info please visit
www.content-crew.de/audioIA.
Questions, comments, thoughts, please!