Purpose of chapter: to describe how to link voices to photos
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Overview
Whether tracking (i.e. using The Track mainpage and its subpages) or not (i.e. using the History mainpage and its subpages), you can inspect, add, modify and delete:
- photos: using Photo and its Blowup subpage
- voices: using Voice and its Dictaphone subpage
Each of these two entities can be perceived and used independantly. But in addition, the App has functions to create a link to voice in one or more photo.
This can be illustrated with the entity-relationship diagram below (arrows represent one-to-many relationship):
+---------------+
! !
! Track !
! !
+---------------+
! !
v v
+---------------+ +---------------+
! ! ! !
! Photo ! <---- ! Voice !
! ! ! !
+---------------+ +---------------+
Throughout the manual, unless otherwise stated, the term track also covers note.
Read the diagram like:
- a track has zero or more voices attached (added)
- a track has zero or more photos attached (added)
- a voice can be linked to zero or more photos
- a photo has zero or one link to a voice
The optional link to voice in a photo may reference any voice - whether attached to the same or another track as the photo. Conceptually, it goes opposite the '<---- ' arrow above,
These rules apply when deleting:
- if a track is deleted, all its attachments are deleted as well
- If a voice is deleted, any links in photos are removed, but otherwise photos are unaffected
- If a photo is deleted, no voice is affected
These rules apply when updating titles:
- if title for a voice is changed, this is reflected in all photos linking to it
- if title for a photo is changed, this doesn't affect any voice
How to create a 'link to voice'
Say you took a snapshot of a whale swimming by. In retrospective you want to comment the dramatic moment. So first you do an 'Add from Cameraroll' and a recording in 'Dictaphone'. Then proceed as follows:
Copy to the Voice Clb
if you just did a voice recording, this is done implicitly (see Dictaphone general Help screen). Otherwise:
- open the Voice subpage if needed - possibly via Voice Options Submenu action: Voice subpage ->
- locate the voice item
- use Action on Voice Menu action: Copy to Voice Clb
Paste from the Voice Clb
- open or return to the Photo subpage if needed
- locate the photo item
- use Voice actions Submenu action: Paste from Voice Clb
Example
To illustrate how to combine photos and voices, imagine this sequence:
Creating basic data
Using The Track mainpage and History mainpage with their subpages, these are created:
- three tracks (titled 'T1', 'T2' and 'T3') have been created
- two photos were added to the first two tracks, titled:
- T1-PhotoA, T1-PhotoB
- T2-PhotoA, T2-PhotoB
- two voices were added to each track, titled:
- T1-VoiceX, T1-VoiceY
- T2-VoiceX, T2-VoiceY
- T3-VoiceX, T3-VoiceY
Whereafter the Tracklist displays as:
The list shows the additions of photos and voices to tracks (also see Other cell shortcuts). However, links are not / will not be revealed in the list.
Linking voices to photos
Next, imagine linking conceptually like:
- T1-PhotoA ---> T1-VoiceX
- T1-PhotoB ---> T3-VoiceX
- T2-PhotoA ---> T1-VoiceX
- T2-PhotoB ---> T3-VoiceY
After this, the Photo subpage displays as:
The big blue V should be a big blue VO here and in other not quite up-to-date screenshots.
Notice the big blue VO next to the titles: it constitutes a shortcut for Voice actions Submenu action: Play.
Above, the VO in the first (or third) cell is tapped, making two cells play - because the same voice (T1-VoiceX) was linked to photos in those cells. That isn't considered a 'duplicate' situation, since the photos attach to different tracks.
The Voice subpage display as:
Notice the big blue #P:X next to some of the titles: it indicates that 'X' photos links to the voice held in the cell. It acts as shortcut for the Action on Voice Menu action: Info action.
Photo info on voice
The Action on Photo Menu action: Info gives info on linked voice, if any.
For the four photos above, this info pops up for the first:
- and for the second:
- and for the third:
- and for the last:
Voice info on photos
On the opposite side, the Action on Voice Menu action: Info gives info on to which photos a voice is linked, if any.
For the three voices above with the big blue #P:X indication, this info pops up for the first:
- and for the second:
- and for the last:
Considerations of using Shoot and Dictate
The two buttons:
- Shoot : opens Shoot
- Dictate : opens Dictaphone in direct mode
seen at The Track mainpage bottom:
- are meant for localizing photos and voices while tracking, giving yellow eventpins in the Map page.
Combining a photo and a voice using autolink
If you want to combine a localized photo and a voice, i.e. linking a photo to a voice, use the Dictaphone in direct mode - autolinking feature - provided less than 60 seconds have elapsed since the photo was shot and Dictaphone was opened.
Autolinking only applies to make a TRACK (and resume last TRACK) - see START a tracking activity.
Example: a photo has just been shot, and after the Shoot page returns, the lower part of Track mainpage displays:
- and if Dictate is tapped before the countdown timer expires, the Dictaphone opens like:
Checkout Track mainpage: 'Make a track' running Help.
Combining a photo and a voice linking manual
Else, if more than 60 seconds has eleapsed, don't use the Dictate button; instead follow these steps after a photo has been taken with the Shoot button:
- open the Voice page via the Action on current track menu action
- make a voice recording with the Voice Options Menu action: Add from Dictaphone
- open the photo page via the Action on current track menu action
- locate the photo item
- use Voice actions Submenu action: Paste from Voice Clb
Separate photos and voices
If you want to have separate photos and voices, use the respective buttons ad libitum - provided more than 60 seconds elapsed between thir use (i.e. no countdown is seen).
Checkout Linking to voice Help.
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