Multisensorial Audiobooks

Electronic books (e-books) and audiobooks are gaining popularity in the last years. Both have been the subject of studies to expand their basic functionalities. In the case of e-books, many studies are found, such as enhanced e-books and Multisensorial Books. On the other hand, little has aimed to extend audiobooks, for example, the interactive audiobooks. In this scenario, our work proposes Multisensorial Audiobooks, a new extension of traditional audiobooks. This model uses multi-sensorial media elements to enhance the quality of experience of listeners. Multisensorial Audiobooks is created to consider accessibility; that is, it can benefit visually impaired individuals, and, at the same time, dyslexia individuals. We also present a Multisensorial Audiobooks prototype, named as MulseBook. It is based on the Multisensorial Books model, which has presented promising results in previous studies. Preliminary tests with MulseBook architecture indicates that the Multisensorial Audiobooks model can be implemented as an extension of traditional audiobooks. This work also presents the first story created to be executed with MulseBoook.