Booktracks are soundtracks for books. The Booktrack Studio allows you to read and create synchronized soundtracks for e-Books or any kind of digital text by adding background music, ambient sound, and sound effects. The website can be accessed here: Booktrack
Three different sound types Music, Ambience, and Sound Effects can be added to text for different reasons in each case such asmusic adding emotion and atmosphere to the text; If the emotion of the music doesn't match what the story is conveying the reader will have problems understanding the tone of your story. Ambience which Instantly lets the reader know where the scene is set. And lastly, sound effects, which enhance the actions happening within the text.
Substitution – acts as a direct tool substitute with no functional change
Booktrack acts as a direct tool substitute for an audio player
Augmentation – acts as a direct tool substitute with functional change
It offers a functional change in that sound effects and ambience can be used in addition to music
Modification – allows for significant task redesign
It doesn’t allow for much task redesign
Redefinition – allows for creation of new tasks
It doesn’t allow for the creation of new task
Booktrack is fairly easy to use once you get the hang of it. Currently, you can use Booktrack on Chrome browser on your Mac or PC. Support for other browsers as well as Booktrack Apps for iOS and Android are all coming soon. For now the Booktrack Studio is free for anyone to use to create and read Booktracks. In the future, writers will be able to sell their Booktracks if they choose.
A review of the application can be found here: Review
A video tutorial of the application can be found here: Tutorial
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