Welcome - From Steve Olenick, founder of The ItSpeaks Initiative and President of AudioLink. MAKING THE CASE The Key Concepts - an Overview How Much Multimedia is Enough? - an Experiment Multiple Intelligences - We're Not All the Same Using Multiple Memory Channels A Sense of Presence - Immersion in the Medium The Voice Creates a Social Entity MAKING IT WORK Data Compression Concepts Embedded vs. On Demand Audio Adding Audio-only Flash Files to HTML Based Sites Embedding RealAudio Files in HTML Based Sites How to Best Prepare Your Script for Recording SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS Member Forum Suggest or Submit an Article Email to the Editor REFERENCE AREA Glossary of Terms Useful Links WELCOME Hi, this is Steve Olenick, Founder of the ItSpeaks Initiative and President of AudioLink. We hope you find this site useful and informative, and that you get involved by participating in the online forum, submitting articles, writing to us - and most of all spreading the word. Who are "we"? We're experienced multimedia developers and educators. We've waited a long time for the internet to be able to deliver rich content and unlock the power of the web for eLearning, eCommerce and more. Text on screen is open to the interpretation of the reader. Words spoken are rich with interpretation, interpretation the media developer controls. The spoken word can convey trust, and touch the listener in a way that the written word simply can't. Try it for yourself, click continue, read or just sit back, relax and listen. CONTINUE © 2006 AudioLink, Inc. All rights reserved.