Task 13:
Part1:
The sound I found is a deep snarl - I thought it might be useful attached to the message for a computer patron who has been caught going outside the permitted boundaries: message "YOUR SESSION HAS BEEN TERMINATED" (snarl)
Perhaps a little bit of audible discouragement might help prevent repeats. Probably not, but it's been theorized that messages that impact more than one sense make a larger impression. I tried to add the sound here, but there was apparently some error and it wouldn't work. It's under animals/dinosaurs/Monster or dinosaur growl. Deep snarl with heavy breath
I've already used sounds downloaded from other sources to enhance the theme we went with when we re-did my son's room. The eventual plan is to even include one when you switch the light on & another when it switches off. With regard to how sounds might enhance the Library's website - perhaps looking into particular genres might generate some standard, associated sound. For example, perhaps a Dracula-type laugh as you entered the search results in Horror, or an R2-D2-like set of beeps and whistles while entering Sci-Fi results. Obviously, users without sound would get nothing out of it, but it might help draw in those who do have it available - once they've experienced it. Some sort of printed key to the sounds could be placed on the early pages or opening page of a search - to tell people what they're hearing. Maybe useful, maybe not.
Part 2 next time...
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