NordSud is a swiss publishing house, know for its popular children’s books.
Objective / insight
Revive the pleasure of reading.
Create a new service to innovate the experience of reading
Improve the sales of books for child
Implemented strategy
Creation of an app to create a sound atmosphere.
The app broadcasts sound and music for the story you read out aloud to your children
To work it is enough to download the audio track of the book In the library of the app and to place your smartphone near of you.
The app also joins a service to teach to the children to read. When they read correctly the app rewards them with music or sound
Technology implemented
Via a voices recognition software, the app know exactly which parts of a story are being read aloud and plays the fitting sounds for each passage in the real time.
When you read “Owl” your smartphone goes “Hoohoo”.
An audio databank are produced to download all music and sound.
Result
SoundBook app boosted book sales
Became No1, in the App stores.
5 star consumer feedback and countless positive reviews.
92% of those who have downloaded the app use it while reading aloud.
Sound Book itself will now be applied for a vast series of children’s books published by NordSud Publishing House.