License 3-clause BSD license | Website listen.hatnote.com | |
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Repository github.com/hatnote/listen-to-wikipedia | ||
Listen to Wikipedia, also known as L2W, is a multimedia visualizer developed by Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte, which translates recent Wikipedia edits into a display of visuals and sounds. It plays a string sound when content is added, a xylophone sound when content is removed, and an ambient sound when a new user joins.
Presentation
The open source software application creates a real-time statistical graphic with sound from contributions to Wikipedia from around the world. To accomplish this, L2W uses the graphics library D3.js.
Each edit produces an orchestral sound in the pentatonic scale. The bell-like sounds of a celesta correspond to the additions to Wikipedia, and the strings of a clavichord show the deletions. The pitch of the sound is determined by the size of the edit. A new Wikipedia user is welcomed by a violin chord.
Each edit creates a circle of one of three colors:
Listen to Wikipedia is based on BitListen by Maximillian Laumeister.