SoundBible is a website that is used for downloads. The
site is full of royalty-free sound clips that can be downloaded for the user to
use for themselves. The user can search for any sort of specific sound that
they might want to use, and download the sound file directly to their computer.
The audience for SoundBible would most likely be students and/or anyone else that needs the clips to use. It wouldn’t be used by professionals because they can access and create their own sounds: royalty-free music is easier to access for those who don’t have the money or resources to make their own for use. This is why, if students are excluded, people most likely to use SoundBible are people in lower grades of the ABC1 demographic such as B or C.
The audience for SoundBible would most likely be students and/or anyone else that needs the clips to use. It wouldn’t be used by professionals because they can access and create their own sounds: royalty-free music is easier to access for those who don’t have the money or resources to make their own for use. This is why, if students are excluded, people most likely to use SoundBible are people in lower grades of the ABC1 demographic such as B or C.
b) Visitor Needs
Users are able to find a specific sound by using key words to search for it in the search bar at the top. Users are also able to listen to the sound before having to download it, to check whether it is the sound they are looking for. There is also the option to download sounds in different file formats - .wav and .mp3 - to make the sounds easier to use for different purposes.
c) Information Flow/User Experience
There is a search bar to help users find more specific sounds. The user can press a play button to play the corresponding sound to listen to it before downloading it. Each sound has a title so that they can be distinguished from other sounds, and no two sounds have the same title.
d) Features
The
Soundbible website has a simple scrollbar at the right hand side which allows
the user to move the page down to view more sounds. The header at the top of
the page complies with the house style of green, brown and white and contains
the logo. The image of the headphones that is denoted in the header connotes
the idea of listening to sounds, which is part of the purpose of the website.
Pause and play control buttons allow the user to listen to sounds. White space
at the sides of the website give it a generally organized, uncluttered
appearance.
e) Benefits
Benefits for the users of this website include the fact that all sounds available to download are royalty-free, meaning there are no copyright infringements that might cause problems. A benefit for the owners of the website is that other companies can pay to advertise on the website, earning the website itself profit.
f) Content
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