App of the week for journalists: SoundNote, an iPad app for interviews
An iPad app created by a student journalist, for students and journalists
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App of the week:
Devices:
iPad
Cost:
£2.99
What is it?
An iPad app built by a student journalist , for students and journalists. SoundNote lets you record an interview while taking notes, with the written text acting as a marker. When you payback the audio and tap a word, the recording jumps to that point in the audio. You can also draw sketches which are linked to the audio.
How is it of use to journalists?
<img alt="" class="size-full wp-image-37799 alignright" height="371" src="?cmd=ShowAsset&assetID=43174&nosurround=true&fakeExtension=.jpg" title="SoundNote" width="300"> This app has an interesting story behind it . It was created by a journalism student from Seattle who paid off his student loan with income from the app.
It was made with both journalists and students in mind and is a great way of taking notes and finding the correct point in the audio.
For example, if I interview someone who gives me certain stats, I could note the figures at the time. I could later check them or take a quote from the audio by simply tapping on the figure and jumping to that point in the recording.
The app can also be used to sketch or write freehand and the drawing can then be used to skip to the relevant part of the audio.
The SoundNote files can be shared by email or over a wifi network.
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Written by
Sarah Marshall is VP Audience Strategy at Condé Nast. She leads distribution and channel strategy globally. She is also the former technology editor for Journalism.co.uk (prior to it becoming JournalismUK)
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