chapter 2 : Multimedia Hardware and Software

1. INPUT DEVICES :Voice recognition systems recognition systems recognize spoken words and commands . exmaple : microphones and digital camera .                                                     OUTPUT DEVICES : Stereo ,Monitor,Projector and printer.

2. MEMORY AND STORAGE DEVICES :  1)RAM: volatile storage and enables the simulataneous running of many applications .                            2) ROM : is nonvolatile storage. The Bios program that boots up the computer resides in the ROM.

3. basic stages in multimedia project .Example : planning and costing ,Designing and producing ,testing and Delivering.

4. 1) ORGANIZATIONAL :develop an organized outline detailing the skills,time,budget,tools and resources needed for the project.                           2) COMMUNICATION : essential to the efficient and accurate completion of your project.

5. MAIN ROLES IN THE TEAM :   1) project manager : the leader of a project.  2)multimedia designer :determines the design elements required to support that sturucture . 3)interface designer : interface that lets the user access or modify the content. 4)writer: create characters and actors narrations. 5) Audio/Video specialist : focus on the audio and video production. 6)Multimedia programmer : project using an authoring system or programming language.

6. AUTHORING TOOL IS A SOFTWARE PACKAGE : organize and edit the multimedia elements of multimedia project.                                              Design screen layouts using templates.                                         Create interactivity .                          Assembling diverse multimedia elements into a single ,cohesive product.

7. EDITING AND ORGANIZING FEATURES 1) PROGRAMMING FEATURES : Visual programming  with icons. Examples : flash , livecode , & toolbook.                  2) INTERACTIVITY FEATURES : content and flow of information in a project .      3) PERFORMANCE TURNING : authoring system should facilitate precise timing of events .                       4)PLAYBACK FEATURES : build part of project and then test it immediately.     5) DELIVERY FEATURES : run time version not allow user to access and change the content .