Sophie is a brand new piece of software from The Institute for the Future of the Book (blog) that may signal one possible direction for written media. When finished (it is Alpha software at the moment, meaning that you should use it only to try it out), this software should allow the user to integrate text, hypertext, audio, video, and images seamlessly into one experience.
Imagine a how-to manual that could play a demonstration video for any part of a project you wanted to create. How about a mystery story that had clues located in pictures, audio, and video, as well as within the text? Now think about what could be done to create an entirely new media experience using these elements. There are a lot of possibilities.
from Free Range Librarian
