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Open Ecoacoustics is a set of platforms dedicated to continental-scale monitoring
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and management of threatened species and ecosystems in response to Australia's
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biodiversity crisis. We are a part of the [ARDC Machine Observation Data Processing Infrastructure](https://ardc.edu.au/program/machine-observation-data-processing-infrastructure/). Our goal is to enable open science and conservation by
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promoting open access ecoacoustics technologies, methodologies, and standards.
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See our up-to-date project plan on [ARDC Ecoacoustics Project](https://ardc.edu.au/project/open-ecoacoustics/) page.
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_Open Ecoacoustics received investment ([https://doi.org/10.3565/ts8c-ee10](https://doi.org/10.3565/ts8c-ee10)) from the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC). The ARDC is enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS)._
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Our main two projects are [Ecosounds](https://www.ecosounds.org/)

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title: "Open Ecoacoustics 2025 Plans"
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date: 2025-02-06T12:19:00+10:00
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imageCredit: "Professor Susan Fuller"
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- News
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I hope your 2025 is off to a great start. We at Open Ecoacoustics are excited to keep the community more updated on our activities and progress. This year, we're committed to providing more regular updates and sharing our work through these posts and on social media.
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I hope your 2025 is off to a great start. We at Open Ecoacoustics are excited to keep the community more updated on our
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activities and progress. This year, we're committed to providing more regular updates and sharing our work through these
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posts and on social media.
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## Follow Us on BlueSky and LinkedIn
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## Follow Us on BlueSky and LinkedIn
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We are launching of our new social media accounts on [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/openecoacoustics.bsky.social)
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and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-ecoacoustics/). Follow us to stay in the loop!
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## New Feature: Verification Interface
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Last year we finished the first version of an annotation verification interface. This tool allows you to efficiently
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verify that _tags_ are correctly applied to _annotations_. The interface displays a grid of annotations and their tags
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and enables you to quickly determine if these tags accurately match the audio content. For instance, a Koala recognizer
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might generate 40 results labeled as *Koala*s. Some of the tags may be be incorrectly applied to traffic sounds. This
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tool helps you verify both correct and incorrect tags with quickly ease. You could can then feed the updated results
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back into the recognizer to improve its performance.
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We are excited to announce the launch of our accounts on [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/openecoacoustics.bsky.social) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/open-ecoacoustics/). Follow us to stay in the loop!
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You can see the interface in action below:
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{{% figure src="images/verification-interface.gif" caption="Selection patterns in the verification interface" width="50%" %}}
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_The cover image of this post and our social media profiles are thanks to Prof. Susan Fuller_
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We are currently integrating this feature into Ecosounds. You can find it by:
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## New Feature: Audio Verification Interface
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Last year we finished the first version of an audio verification interface. This tool allows you to verify audio tags efficiently. The interface displays tags added to specific audio files, enabling you to quickly determine if these tags accurately match the audio content. For instance, you might have a list of 40 audio snippets labeled as Koalas, but some of the tags are be incorrectly applied to traffic sounds. This tool helps you verify both correct and incorrect tags with ease.
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1. Logging into Ecosounds
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2. Selecting a project
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3. Choosing _Search Annotations_ so you can filter the annotations you want to verify
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4. Clicking on the _Verify This List_ button
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Check out this quick gif to see how it works: {{% figure src="images/verification-interface.gif" caption="Verification Interface." width="50%"%}}
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In 2025, we plan to add more features, such as saving verifications to our database (currently verifications can only be
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downloaded as CSV for your current session), offering more customization options, and enabling other features.
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We are currently integrating this feature into Ecosounds. [Try the Beta version of the verification interface](https://www.ecosounds.org/projects/1151/annotations/verify)! In 2025, we plan to add more features, such as saving verifications to our database (currently CSV download only), offering more customization options, and enabling tag addition or editing.
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## Looking Ahead to 2025
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## Looking Ahead to 2025
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In addition to launching the Verification Interface tool, some of our other plans for 2025 include:
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In addition to launching the Verification Interface tool, some of our other plans for 2025 include:
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- Improving mapping visualisations for clearer data coverage views
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- AAF Integration: Enabling seamless login for Australian universities through the [Australian Access Federation](https://aaf.edu.au/).
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- Include option to include a permanent identifier (PID/DOI) to uploaded data sets.
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- Continuing development of the Acoustic Workbench (The software that runs [A2O](https://acousticobservatory.org/) & [Ecosounds](https://www.ecosounds.org/)). Did you know Acoustic Workhbench is open source? See the source code in [GitHub](https://github.com/QutEcoacoustics/workbench)
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- Using our new verification interface for citizen science projects
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- Improving the [Make Your Own Recogniser](https://openecoacoustics.org/resources/lessons/make-your-own-recognizer/) workshop and training materials
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- Engaging the community through user testing and additional training workshops. Expect us to post an update in the coming months!
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- Continuing development of the Acoustic Workbench (The software that runs [A2O](https://acousticobservatory.org/) &
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[Ecosounds](https://www.ecosounds.org/)). Did you know Acoustic Workbench is open source? See the source code in
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[GitHub](https://github.com/QutEcoacoustics/workbench)
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- Improving mapping visualisations for clearer data coverage views
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- AAF Integration: Enabling seamless login for Australian universities through the
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[Australian Access Federation](https://aaf.edu.au/).
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- Including an option to include a permanent identifier (PID/DOI) to uploaded data sets.
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- Using our new verification interface for citizen science projects
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- Improving the [Make Your Own Recogniser](https://openecoacoustics.org/resources/lessons/make-your-own-recognizer/)
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workshop and training materials
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- Engaging the community through user testing and additional training workshops. Expect us to post an update in the
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coming months!
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Let us know which of these you're most keen for! Do you want something else? Let us know that too! You can send us a message through our social media channels, or contact us through the [contact form](/contact).
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Let us know which of these you're most keen for! Do you want something else? Let us know that too! You can send us a
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message through our social media channels, or contact us through the [contact form](/contact).

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Read our regular updates here.
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Read our regular updates here.

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