Audio and Video is Difficult to Search.

AVAnnotate makes audio and video artifacts easily discoverable.

Created by Dr. Tanya Clement and Brumfield Labs, AVAnnotate is a free and open source workflow and application for sharing annotations of audio and video artifacts and making digital exhibits and editions with AV materials.

Leveraging IIIF and GitHub for sharing curated annotations of audiovisual materials held at libraries, archives, and museums, AVAnnotate allows users to combine metadata for online audio and video assets with user-generated annotations and contextual essays to create simple web-based editions and exhibits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to use AVAnnotate?

To use AVAnnotate, you will need: a GitHub account; a direct link to the .mp3 or .mp4 file of your audio or video or a IIIF manifest for the recording; and spreadsheets containing information about the project’s Events, Tags, and Annotations.

Where can I find audio or video files that provide direct links or IIIF manifests?

Many libraries, archives, and museums provide IIIF manifests for digitized audio and video recordings. The Internet Archive is another great resource for finding direct links to audio and video recordings.

How do I get started creating annotations?

While AVAnnotate users may input annotations generated on Audacity or made directly in an Excel file, this Google Sheet Template can be an easy way to get started. Make a copy and get ready to start annotating and inputting time stamps. Time stamps may be “point annotations,” the same in and out time, or intervals of time.

If you have a question not listed above, please contact us

AVAnnotate makes audio and video artifacts easily discoverable.

Frequently Asked Questions

Supported by