Hi all, We are trying to build some annotation tools and looking forward to use and contribute to the Apache Annotator project. I am briefly mentioning the context and our need here.
We have been working on Renarration Web and Alipi tools - A social semantic web approach to bring accessible content to the low-literates Internet users. This approach relies on Web Annotation as a fundamental need for the billions who cannot read and write but need to hyperlink media to help manifest a Web with audio, images, videos, 3D point cloud, .. . We imagine a scenario where a mesh-radio setup in a rural location can bring in a culture of creating, editing and sharing of audios. In this world, even to navigate and discover, one would need an annotation service to label parts of audio. Audio fragments can then be annotated by image or portions of an image - which can be used to render the audio with images. This process can help renew a culture of storytelling online, even among the indigenous communities who shy away from text. Thanks to Gerben visiting us here in Bangalore, we have been discussing ways to use a browser to help interconnect data (text and media) using annotations. To start with, we are creating browser extensions that enable selecting a fragment of an html document, of an audio file, and perhaps soon also of an image. Then to annotate a selected fragment, we will need to select another fragment elsewhere to use as the annotation body. But as a first step, we simply bookmark the fragments of interest. More details and state of progress soon by Gerben and Bhanu. -dinesh Some contextual links: j.mp/RuralJunctions j.mp/Janastu-mesh
