Essays about: "Storytel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Storytel.

  1. 1. Designing a Shared Listening Experience for an Audiobook Streaming Service : A UX and UI Project

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion

    Author : Mikaela Eriksson; Vilma Reponen; [2021]
    Keywords : User Experience; User Interface; UX; UI; Design; Personas; User Research; User Testing; Iterative Design; Contextual Design; Prototyping; Mobile Application; Figma; Sketch; Protopie; Storytel;

    Abstract : This study, done in collaboration with Storytel, aimed to investigate whether a shared audiobook live listening experience would add value to users of the Storytel app and how such a feature could be designed in terms of User Experience and User Interface. The purpose was to determine the minimal viable product (MVP) and if live listening with others is interesting in itself or else, what is the most basic interaction type required in connection to the listening. READ MORE

  3. 2. Listening in on Productivity : Applying the Four Key Metrics to measure productivity in a software development company

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för datalogi

    Author : Johanna Dagfalk; Ellen Kyhle; [2021]
    Keywords : productivity; productivity metrics; software delivery performance; software development; influencing factors; factor analysis; four key metrics; performance classification; bottlenecks; delivery lead time; deployment frequency; mean time to restore; change fail rate;

    Abstract : Software development is an area in which companies not only need to keep up with the latest technology, but they additionally need to continuously increase their productivity to stay competitive in the industry. One company currently facing these challenges is Storytel - one of the strongest players on the Swedish audiobook market - with about a fourth of all employees involved with software development, and a rapidly growing workforce. READ MORE

  4. 3. Do Judge a Book by its Cover! : Predicting the genre of book covers using supervised deep learning. Analyzing the model predictions using explanatory artificial intelligence methods and techniques.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Datorseende

    Author : Alice Velander; David Gumpert Harrysson; [2021]
    Keywords : Convolutional neural network; Book cover; Explanatory artificial intelligence;

    Abstract : In Storytel’s application on which a user can read and listen to digitalized literature, a user is displayed a list of books where the first thing the user encounters is the book title and cover. A book cover is therefore essential to attract a consumer’s attention. READ MORE

  5. 4. Finding Similarities Between Hierarchically Related Thema Subject Categories Using Embeddings

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Erik Björck; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In this thesis, embeddings have been used to find similarities between hierarchically related Thema Subject Categories (Thema codes), which are short alphanumeric sequences commonly used to categorize books. More specifically, the graph embedding approach known as DeepWalk was applied to three different models to learn similarities between Thema codes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Choosing audiobooks : Storytel users’ selection of audiobooks

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    Author : Alexandra Melander; [2020]
    Keywords : Digital audiobooks; streaming subscription service; book selection; book search; relevance aspects; paratext; search strategies;

    Abstract : The main objective for this study was to explore Storytel users’ selection of audiobooks to examine what search strategies and relevance aspects emerge in the relation to a digital book streaming service mobile application, and to examine how this application aids and influences its users in the search and selection of audiobooks. With the help of previous research on book selection and the concepts of search strategies and tactics, as well as the user-centered perspective on relevance and the concept of the digital paratext, five interviews with audiobook readers were analysed. READ MORE