{"id":36,"date":"2006-10-06T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2006-10-06T10:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/blog\/?p=36"},"modified":"2006-10-06T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2006-10-06T10:20:33","slug":"online-audio-recording-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aberth.com\/digitalstorytelling\/online-audio-recording-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Online audio recording tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to post an audio blog on the move or are desperate to record a voice track for a digital story, but don&#039;t have access to voice recording facilities on the computer you&#039;re using, here are three sites which will let you record audio via your phone:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gabcast.com\/\">http:\/\/www.gabcast.com<\/a> &#8211; The free package seems to offer plenty. You can use   London voicemail number<!--StartFragment --> 0207 1002530 (UK, London number with very smarmy voice asking for account number) and VoIP.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gcast.com\/\">http:\/\/www.gcast.com\/<\/a> &#8211; Free. Two ways of making an audio file: uploading your own mp3 file and dialling a US phone number. There&#039;s podsafe music available for use too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hipcast.com\/\">http:\/\/www.hipcast.com\/<\/a> &#8211; This is only free for seven days; it&#039;s 5-50 UDS\/month thereafter. You can either phone in, use VoIP or upload a file you&#039;ve recorded locally on your own computer.<\/p>\n<p>The sites all have ways of publishing what you record as an audio blog. At first glance, Gabcast looks the most promising, because of that UK phone number. I haven&#039;t registered with any of these, so I don&#039;t know whether or not they have online audio <strong>editing<\/strong> tools. I haven&#039;t studied the terms and conditions either &#8211; I&#039;d like to check where the ownership of the completed audio rests.<\/p>\n<p>Source for the three links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/10\/05\/audioblogger_rip.html\">http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2006\/10\/05\/audioblogger_rip.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to post an audio blog on the move or are desperate to record a voice track for a digital story, but don&#039;t have access to voice recording facilities on the computer you&#039;re using, here are three sites which will let you record audio via your phone: http:\/\/www.gabcast.com &#8211; The free package seems to offer plenty. You can use London voicemail number 0207 1002530 (UK, London number with very smarmy voice asking for account number) and VoIP. http:\/\/www.gcast.com\/ &#8211; Free. Two ways of making an audio file: uploading your own mp3 file and dialling a US phone number. 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