Conference Paper

Author

Woo, D.

Title

A more engaging way to drive the convict trail

In

17th Engineering Heritage Conference: Canberra 100 - Building the Capital, Building the Nation

Imprint

Engineers Australia, Barton, Australian Capital Territory, 2013, pp. 110-119

ISBN/ISSN

9781922107121

Url

https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.880708575039296

Abstract

A new driving tour has been created to provide listeners with an interpretation a section of the Convict Trail between Bucketty and Wollombi, NSW. This utilises a location sensitive iOS device to play narration and character dialogues that depict various historically based scenes to reveal to the listener various situations and events that occurred during the construction of the roadway. The main body of the tour has been designed to be audio only to provide a hands-free / eyes-free experience analogous to a radio play experience. In addition, the experience was engineered with the driver in mind to remove the need to interact with the device whilst driving. The design process involved driving the route to identify places of historical significance and understand timing constraints. A scriptwriter was engaged to work through the historical information and develop characters and scenes that could be used to tell relevant stories. These scripts were recomposed to fit the time requirements, recorded using professional voice talent. Post-production embellished the audio recordings with environmental audio and music. The audio was embedded with custom designed location-sensitive software application. Whilst this is an early incarnation of the project, having the experience on an Internet-connected device provides an opportunity to integrate with social media technologies, which can provide promotion of the application and understand overall usage patterns.

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• 17th Engineering Heritage Conference: Canberra 100 - Building the Capital, Building the Nation (Barton, Australian Capital Territory: Engineers Australia, 2013), 189 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.9781922107121. Details