Speaks at a good pace (not too fast, not too slow).

Understanding of where to put emphasis in a phrase.

Ensure comprehension of technical words, such as medical concepts.

Confirm that the information in script coincides with field practices.

Verify local expressions being used are relevant, understandable and correct.

Here are some things you can gather feedback on: Modify the phrasing of the audio messages based on feedback from FLWs, field staff and sector specific experts.

Validate the audio script: Before you start with the actual recording process, welcome feedback about the audio messages with your field team.

Use simple language that users/beneficiaries will understand.

Language and Dialect : Try record audio from someone who speaks the local language/dialect.

Support:В Do you want to use audio to help user answer a question (for low literate users) or as counselling for the beneficiary This changes the message and phrasing of the audio messages.

Audience: Is the audio for the person using the phone or the beneficiary.

Some applications may not need multimedia (pure data collection or advanced users who don't need support). Guidelines for Good RecordingsД«efore deciding to include multimedia in your application, think carefully through what the goal of multimedia will be in your application. Then, import into Audacity to complete processing.

If your audio files are in another format, use this online tool to convert your files, at 128kbit/s. File Type sДЄudio files must be in mp3 format. See the Audacity section below for more details. In order to minimize the time and data needed for installing an application over the network, it is essential to compress the audio to 56- 64 kbit mono ABR encoding at 22 050Hz, resulting in about 7kB per second or 0.4MB per minute. Audio can be recorded locally by people familiar with the program and incorporated directly into your application via CommCare HQ. Audio messages can often be longer than on-screen prompts, and can help serve as a '3rd party' expert for the people present. This can be to guide an interaction for data collection or to provide counseling messages.

Audio in CommCare can be used to help both the beneficiary or phone's user connect to messages on screen.

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