What is Hand-Held Meeting Browser

Multimedia data such as music and video are key forces behind the widespread use of mobile devices today. However, the usefulness of mobile access to multimedia sources extends beyond entertainment. The popularisation of teleconferencing and collaborative technologies on the desktop, for instance, has opened the possibility of recording online meetings for later review. Yet, despite the fact that mobile technology could enable convenient access to recorded meetings, research on interfaces for visualisation and access to meeting recordings on portable devices is currently very scarce. This chapter discusses issues on design, implementation, and evaluation of such interfaces. The discussion is illustrated with a case study and lessons learned from work on the HANMER (Hand-held Meeting Browser) system.