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Inside the build · Field test
Soundtrail
Collect neighbourhood sounds into intimate, walkable audio stories.
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01 · Try it
Feel the premise before reading the plan.
An audio atlas where residents pin short stories, ambient recordings, and oral histories to real streets.
02 · See how it was built
The actual working stack.
React
MapLibre
Web Audio
Cloud Storage
Useful prompts
01Make a map that rewards listening more than scrolling.
02Create an accessible recorder for a 60-second place memory.
03 · Explore the decisions
Trails over feeds
Stories are sequenced as walks, resisting the endless-feed pattern.
Privacy at street scale
Sensitive recordings can be blurred to a block rather than a precise coordinate.
What the builder changed
Long-form podcasts became minute-long fragments after walking tests showed that place, not narration, should lead.
Obstacles met in the field
- Background audio behaved differently on iOS.
- Dense city centres created overlapping pins.
04 · Start your version
Keep the lesson. Change the world around it.
The Build Lab will carry this project’s premise forward as a starting point—not a prescription.
Remix in the Build Lab