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Shazam Web - Extending Discovery into Smart Workflows

Fourth-year project at Shenkar College
Year: 2022

Goal: Transform the Shazam concept into a tool that passively listens in the background of work environments - like Zoom meetings, phone calls, and software usage - and generates meaningful summaries and actionable insights based on the content being discussed.

User research

We explored how people work and communicate in digital environments. We discovered that a lot of important information is shared verbally or visually - in Zoom calls, phone conversations, or while working on design and writing tools - but often never documented or followed up on.

Main issues
  • Information overload and loss: People forget action items and ideas discussed during meetings or work sessions, leading to missed opportunities and duplicated work.

  • Lack of a passive assistant: There was no tool that could observe work context across apps and automatically generate structured summaries and next steps.

  • Unclear ownership: Without summaries, it's unclear who needs to do what after a meeting or session.

  • No unified timeline: Users wanted a single place to view insights, tasks, and decisions across tools and meetings.

UX Decisions
  • Reframed Shazam’s core function: from identifying songs to identifying key moments during work.

  • Built for passivity: The tool listens and watches in the background, surfacing insights without needing user prompts.

  • Weekly digest + real-time recap: Offers both real-time highlights after a meeting and a weekly digest of work patterns and tasks.

UI Decisions
  • Highlight timeline: A timeline interface marks key quotes, questions, and action items.

  • System feedback: Visual pulses and waves indicate when the system is actively capturing something.

  • Summary cards: Smart cards summarize the insight, include context (e.g. app used, meeting title), and provide quick actions (e.g. "Create task").

  • Consistent UI across platforms: Whether the insight came from Zoom, Figma, or Gmail - it’s presented in a consistent, branded way.

This project was completed as part of my academic work at Shenkar College

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