iLearn: An Audio Indexing Plug-in for Education.

This paper details iLearn, a plug-in which allows recorded audio to be tagged and subsequently retrieved using streamingand the familiar environment of Apple’s iTunes. In particular, the plug-in allows multiple sections within a recording to be indexed and associated with a unique timestamp.Therefore, students can search for a particular keywordwithin a one hour lecture (or other lengthy audio files) and have the ability to jump straight to that particular section of the lecture. Initially, iLearn was developed for the indexing of lectures, however features were added to allow for other possibilities. The paper will detail the development of the plug-in and the user interface design. The paper will conclude with other potential applications for the plug-in and future work in the area.