PaperClip: A digital pen interface for semantic speech editing in radio production

Abstract

We introduce “PaperClip”-a novel digital pen interface for semantic editing of speech recordings for radio production. We explain how we designed and developed our system, then present the results of a contextual qualitative user study of eight professional radio producers that compared editing using PaperClip to a screen-based interface and normal paper. As in many other paper-versus-screen studies, we found no overall preferences but rather advantages and disadvantages of both in different contexts. We discuss these relative benefits and make recommendations for future development.