Recording in Thoughts: Recording Speech for the Purpose of Sharing

Non-expert users rarely use recorded speech as a means of communication and expression. This paper describes work on a recording interface that reduces the need for editing, so as to encourage the use of speech as a medium. User needs were determined by a diary study and participatory design session. A recording technique, recording in thoughts, is presented, aiming to reduce the need for post-production by enabling quick re-recording of individual thoughts and shortening of long segments. Eight producers and 43 listeners compared our technique with a more traditional recording interface, preferring to both create and listen to recordings made with ours. The work concludes with a discussion of next steps for this research. Author