Method of Input

Over the different methods of input (video, images, postcard), we feel that SOUND is the best method to get people’s secrets.

• New experience
  Based on the concept of message-in-a-bottle dating back to a century or even longer, we intend to bring the idea to a higher level. As technology advances, writing on paper is now deemed as traditional over using new devices like the keyboard for typing, camera to take pictures, etc.
  
• Content focused
  Images although are visually appealing and more attractive, they could become distracting and bring away the importance of the data collected.The content (secrets) is what we focus to collect.
  
• Tone
  As voices speak the expression of the user, listeners are able to interpret what the speaker was feeling at that point of time of confession, whether they are sad, angry or regretful, etc.
  
• Anonymity
  Voices do not sound actual, even though they may sound similar to what is heard in real life, but the fact that these voices are being compiled together, participants will be more interested in the content than to figure out who the speaker was, even if so, they cannot 100% confirm whether it was accurately who due to similarity of people’s voices.
  
• File Size
  Video sizes are too huge to maintain. Texts take up little space but we are avoiding text input as we find it too common as the similar projects use that medium.Sound files are so far, the most ideal and manageable option within our limits.