Jabberstamp

Abstract

We introduce Jabberstamp, the fi rst tool that allows children to synthesize their drawings and voices. To use Jabberstamp, children create drawings, collages or paintings on normal paper. They press a special rubber stamp onto the page to record sounds into their drawings. When children touch the marks of the stamp with a small trumpet, they can hear the sounds playback, retelling the stories they created.We describe our design process and analyze the mechanism between the act of drawing and the one of telling, defi ning interdependencies between the two activities. In a series of studies, children ages 4-8 use Jabberstamp to convey meaning in their drawings. The system allows collaboration among peers at different developmental levels. Jabberstamp compositions reveal children's narrative styles and their planning strategies. In guided activities, children develop stories by situating sound recording in their drawing, which suggests future opportunities for hybrid voice-visual tools to support children's emergent literacy.Literacy education encompasses reading and writing, but Literacy education encompasses reading and writing, but most tools for literacy development address children's reading skills [10]. Tangibles have been argued to support children's creative expression, and we are inspired to develop new technologies that leverage children's creativity and existing knowledge to make story creation, comprehension, and communication part of a child's ongoing intellectual life [4,16]. Our research builds on a history of interactive systems to support children's literacy through storytelling and drawing. Figure 1. Children use Jabberstamp to create drawings with embedded audio recordings. Children use a special rubber stamp+microphone to record sound and a trumpet for playback. Paper and traditional art materials are used to create drawings.

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“…Yeh et al's approach [2006] aimed to produce a merged digital version of both Anoto-marked paper notebooks and related photos. More similar to our design is the approach of Raffle et al [2007], who used a drawing tablet and 'stamp,' to associate audio recordings with sketches on the page. However, their design required a custom hardware package, and supported only local playback of the content.…”

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“…A comparison of features between PaperChains and several general classes of previous work. Each broad category is illustrated by, for example: Image recognition (Aurasma 2 ); Pen-based [32]; Tabletbased [22]; Table-based [2].…”

“…Yeh et al's approach [34] aimed to produce a merged digital version of both Anoto-marked paper notebooks and related photos. More similar to our design is the approach of Raffle et al [22], who used a drawing tablet and 'stamp,' to associate audio recordings with sketches on the page. However, their design required both a custom hardware package, and supported only local playback of the content.…”