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Digital tool of the day: Soundbite

The tool: Soundcite, created by KnightLabs.What is it? A way to smoothly embed sound bites into a narrativeWhat can it do? Take sound clips, 9-1-1 call excerpts and other recorded material and use it as part of your story. Bring your stories to life with sound.Use it to illustrate parts of songs; to bring quotes to life in a narrative. To insert audio history.Find it: https://soundcite.knightlab.com[vimeo 68383495 w=640 h=590]Here's how the New York Times used music bites in a great story you the lost history of American female musicians.http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/04/13/magazine/blues.html