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Wikipedia says it has found the 'sound of all human knowledge' with new audio logo

<p>We don't always think about it, but sound can be as important to <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/soundmarks/trademark-sound-mark-examples">identifying a brand[/url] as any graphical logo. <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/netflix-hans-zimmer-extended-ta-dum-intro-animation-123546424.html">Netflix's 'ta-dum'[/url] instantly brings the streaming service's logo to mind. Apple's startup chime <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/2012-12-12-apples-mac-startup-chime-now-a-registered-trademark.html">feels like a warm greeting from your computer[/url]. Now, Wikipedia has an iconic audio mark of its own: a fluttering of book pages, keyboard clicks and synthesize tones it calls &quot;<a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/03/28/wikipedias-new-sound-logo-winner/">The Sound of All Human Knowledge[/url].&quot;</p><p></p><p>In true Wikipedia fashion, the four second audio clip was <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://soundlogo.wikimedia.org/">sourced from the community[/url]. The Wikimedia Foundation hosted a contest to find an audio logo for &quot;projects when visual logos are not an option.&quot; Over 3,000 submissions later, they landed on a series of warm, happy notes preceded by book and keyboard noises, created by Thaddeus Osborne.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Osborne, a Nuclear Scientist by day, will be awarded $2,500 for creating the winning sound. Wikimedia will also be flying him to a professional recording studio to help produce a finalized version of the audio logo. The foundation says it hopes to have the final sound ready to use by June of this year.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/wikipedia-says-it-has-found-the-sound-of-all-human-knowledge-with-new-audio-logo-181059089.html?src=rss

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