Establishing communication in a rich media notice board

A computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for displaying content in an electronic message board, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
• computer-readable program code for receiving user content into the electronic message board from a physically available system, the user content comprising at least one audio element;
• computer-readable program code for recognizing speech in the at least one audio element of the content received from the physically available system;
• computer-readable program code for comparing content of recognized speech to a predetermined set of usage metaphors, each of the set of usage metaphors associated with at least one of a plurality of predetermined icons, to identify a first usage metaphor corresponding to the recognized speech;
• computer-readable program code for storing, based on the comparing, the received user content and an association between the received user content and the first usage metaphor and a first icon of the plurality of predetermined icons, wherein other content received from other users is stored and associated with other metaphors that are different than the first usage metaphor;
• computer-readable program code for identifying, based on the first usage metaphor, stored content related to the received user content, the stored content comprising one or more stored audio elements and a stored icon for each of the one or more stored audio elements;
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• computer-readable program code for displaying, on a user interface associated with the electronic message board, a representation of the stored content and a respective control for activating each stored audio element of the stored content.

A kiosk system, comprising:

• a display device;
• a non-transitory data storage unit storing data associated with an electronic message board;
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• a computer in communication with the display device and the data storage unit, the computer being configured to:
• receive, for the electronic message board, user content comprising at least one audio element recorded by at least one user and an icon selection;
• recognize speech in the at least one audio element;
• identify a first usage metaphor in a plurality of predetermined metaphors based on the recognized speech of the at least one audio element, the first usage metaphor being associated with at least one icon associated with the icon selection;
• store, in the data storage unit, the received user content together with an association between the received user content and the first usage metaphor and the at least one icon, wherein other content received from other users is stored in the data storage unit and associated with other predetermined metaphors that are different than the first usage metaphor;
• search, based on the first usage metaphor, for additional message content associated with the first usage metaphor and provided by one or more other users to the electronic message board;
• receive, based on the search, at least one result, each result for a respective audio element and a respective icon stored in association with the respective audio element;
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• display, on the display device for each result of the at least one result, a representation of the result including the respective icon of the result, and a corresponding control for activating the respective audio element of the result.