Log on:
Powered by Elgg

Sus Nyrop :: Blog :: Ah! Elgg developer Ben W. now encourages embedded elgg podcast

December 12, 2005

Ah! Elgg developer Ben W. now encourages embedded elgg podcast. I was not aware I could archive mp3 files right here, and now there will be an easier way round to use them in blog "entries" (which I find is a fun term to use, but never mind, I'm not a native).

Just what we needed for making elgg even more useful and recommendable also for language related purposes; listen to Ben W. here and see if you get the procedure - or do you prefer a text version to really get the steps on your inner whiteboard:

http://elgg.net/bwerdmuller/weblog/4795.html

Guess I'll have to wait until I get back from my examiner travel at the end of this week, as I do not have a ready made voice recording to test this with, formatted in mp3. Must work with Audacity on this, and then - what was that I would have to use to transform it to mp3. Uh oh, practice, practice!

In the meantime, check how this is done over at Clickcaster that I found some days ago - they elegantly give access to a recorder, cannot be simpler.

http://www.clickcaster.com/clickcast/list/516

Keywords: clickcaster, elgg, mp3, podcast

Posted by Sus Nyrop


Comments

  1. I recorded mine in Audacity - all you have to do is download Lame: http://lame.sourceforge.net/

    You can then use Audacity's 'export as MP3' function.

    Ben WerdmullerBen Werdmuller on Monday, 12 December 2005, 12:01 CET # |

  2. This is what I do too. I have found that choosing file/preferences/file formats and setting MP3 export set up to a bit rate of 64 (you will have to ask somone else what this means!) give very good voice quality and smaller files than the default 128 bit rate which I think is the standard for music. I haven't dared publish any of my recordings so far becausue they are only test content and I sound like I have just been released from 10 years of solitary confinement and have almost lost the power of speech.

    Terry WassallTerry Wassall on Monday, 12 December 2005, 13:38 CET # |

  3. Hi Terry,

    this is the nature of comments - I only see yours now, one month later!! HOpefully your voice has now recovered - well, you should hear mine, as my tongue is non native it sometimes kind of gets twisted in transition in very tough vocal constellation clashes.voice recording is healthy for the not so experienced language learner!

    Sus NyropSusanne Nyrop on Saturday, 07 January 2006, 11:36 CET # |

You must be logged in to post a comment.