Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Easy-to-use, relatively old-fashioned

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium/low, users might have to wait sometime for recordings.

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Interface in 11 languages, native recordings currently available in 71 languages

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Medium. Azabua, which operates Rhinospike, requires various types of information when signing up, such as email addresses or native languages. However, users can explore this platform without having an account. Rhinospike also collects cookies such as device data. It uses the collected information for product and service provision, billing, identification and authentication, service improvement, contact, and research. It also shares aggregated and/or anonymous information with third parties for different purposes, among which marketing. Rhinospike does not state compliance with the GDPR. See more here.

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes, recordings get saved and shared on the platform.

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

Yes, users can get recordings of any passage in different languages.

Interactivity

Technical requirements