Sound

Sound overview

In this tab you will find an explanation about Gary’s sound design, a description and code for existing atoms and tips for designing your own atoms.

• speakers are located in the back of Gary’s head, and can be used of course for any audio output.
• We characterised few specific sounds to convey basic messages.
  The sounds belong to the same “family” of tones and instruments.

Sound atoms

hello

This is relevant when Gary wished to greet a person or acknowledge a person.
What can you do with it: use it as a social interaction.

task_received

This is audible when Gary receives a new task.
What can you do with it: use it for in-app flows to indicate that Gary got an input from the user.

task_finished

What can you do with it: use it to indicate that your app has finished running, or that a process within the app is finished (if that information is relevant to the user).

error

This is audible when a malfunction occurs or when Gary has a low battery level.
What can you do with it: use it to indicate that something went wrong with the flow of your app.

very_low_battery

This is audible when Gary has an extremely low battery level and it must go back to the dock. it is the same sound as error\ malfunction only doubled and aggravated.
What can you do with it: this is not available for you to use.

charging

This is audible when Gary arrives at the dock and is charging properly.
What can you do with it: this is not available for you to use.

attention

This is audible when Gary has been waiting for input or has been in standby for a long time and wishes to grab the user’s attention.
What can you do with it: use it to grab the user's attention.

Designing new sound atoms

• Sound holds many opportunities. We only designed Gary’s basic and operational sounds.
• When you design sound for your Gary app we recommend you use sounds of a similar family and think of what will suit both your app and Gary.
• Make sure you don't use indication sounds in an overbearing way, too much can be distracting and annoying for the user.
• We offer you the sounds below to use as you please inside your Gary app!

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