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Listen to Wikipedia is a multimedia visualizer developed by Mahmoud Hashemi and Stephen LaPorte which translates recent Wikipedia edits into a display of visuals and sounds. The open source software application creates a real-time statistical graphic with sound from contributions to Wikipedia from around the world.

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To accomplish this, L2W uses the graphics library D3. Each edit produces a note in the pentatonic scale. The pitch is inversely proportional to the size of the edit lower pitched notes are produced by larger edits. Each edit creates a circle of one of three colors: white for registered users, green for unregistered users, and violet for Wikipedia bots.

The size of a circle is proportional to the magnitude of change executed by the edit; larger circles are produced by larger edits. Clicking on the text opens a Wikipedia page in a new tab in the user's browser, showing the revision.

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A blue bar at the top of the screen will appear whenever a new Wikipedia user is registered, listing their username. At the bottom left corner, there is a bar showing the amount of edits per minute. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects.