![]() ![]() ![]() Wavesurfer.js is a versatile React library that displays audio in a more appealing WAV format to a user, or in their words, “a customizable audio waveform visualization, built on top of Web Audio API and HTML5 Canvas”, and it looks like this: Example basic Wave ![]() Eventually we want whoever is uploading the conversation to be able to trim pre-upload. The first two questions are easier to answer. So to implement a new trimming feature, a few questions had to be answered first: A software engineer inserts the trimmed audio back into the process that lets the conversations show up on LVN essentially replacing the old audio with the new.Īs you can see… not very efficient! So let’s see how things changed.Īs described above, all trims were done by request behind the scenes.Kelly drops the trimmed audio into Cortico’s Slack channel.Kelly downloads the audio, loads it into an audio editor, and slices off the requested audio.A partner makes a request to Kelly to make a trim.A conversation gets uploaded to LVN as seen above.Trimming The Upload Conversation page prior to the new trimming toolįirst, let’s briefly walk through the current process of making a trim. So what follows is some of the work done this summer to take this process off the plate of Cortico staff and into the hands of Cortico partners, allowing them more control over their own conversations, to make trims on their own time. At Cortico, this is known as a trim, and it has historically been a task for our steadfast Partner Support Lead, Kelly, that has taken up a non-negligible amount of time. “Can everyone hear me?”, “Ope, you’re still on mute, Greg.”, etc.) or maybe the very end when everyone has turned to the weather. It’s not every day that you get to upload a conversation to the Local Voices Network, and when you do, I think it’s fair to assume that you’d want that conversation to be polished up a bit - slice off the parts of the audio that include some “pandemic-isms” (eg. Whoops, are you still recording? It’s alright, let’s look at a new tool Cortico has in the works that can help edit your new audio recording. Everything goes great Joey talks about growing up in the 80s, Jordan told a story about her mom, and at the very end Jamie stayed on to tell you about their favorite peach pie recipe. “Can you all see my screen?” The catchphrase of 2020, still going strong. Everyone’s here! Better start the recording so you don’t forget. It’s a conversation you’re facilitating between some members of your neighborhood, talking about what’s important to you. ![]()
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