Project One: Behaviour and Response.

Brief

Create an interactive Flash-based sample player with original recorded sound.
Keywords: Human Computer Interaction (HCI), interface design, sound

Assessment Requirements:

• Upload the finished sample player on the Multimedia Student Server

• Online project journal entries

• Project evaluation (500 words, PDF format)

Handing in/upload date: 10/12/07 @ 10am

Research

http:/components.develpers4web.com/mp3-flash-player

This is the most standard flash player I could find.

The basic functions include:

+ Pause Button

+ Play Button

+ Stop Button

+ Skip Button

+ Volume Button

+ Left to Right Speaker Button

+ Toggle Repeat / Shuffle

Seeing With Sound

http://www.seeingwithsound.com/javoice.htm

The website claims to provide vision for the totally blind.

I made my own name by using the white dots to create sound for my name. The sound produced was quite irritating and I'm not really sure how it can resemble the pattern.

This would not serve as an example of a sample flash player although I did enjoy the level of human interactivity and the links with the different shapes with the sound.

Andras Szonyi

http://soundart.c3.hu/pages/pictureSitesE/page3_1.html

This artist uses interaction for the purpose of art, with beautiful drawings linked with sound to create an unusual internet experience. I liked this idea and would like to incorporate art into my own interface rather than just creating a standard flash player with sliders and knobs.