Reiter's Camera Phone Report

Audio Moblog: Using cellular

This is my second test of using Audioblog for podcasts.  I'm testing it by speaking into a cellular phone and the service worked just fine.

I used a RIM BlackBerry, without an external microphone.  It seems that the voice quality is somewhat inferior to the first test, when I used a clip-on microphone connected to my IBM ThinkPad for recording my audio. 

Using the BlackBerry, it seems as if I have a lisp or some sort of speech defect.  No, I don't have any speech defect -- at least none that I know of!

Of course, it's quite possible that if I plugged in a microphone, the sound quality would be much better.

When using cellular, the headline is automatically posted as "Audio Moblog."  I added the "Using cellular" with my laptop's browser.  Audioblog also includes the text "powered by Audioblog.com" and the MP3 player graphic.

powered by Audioblog.com

First test of posting audio to Camera Phone Report

For some time I've been pondering doing podcasts but I wanted the process to be very fast, easy and reasonably priced. Audioblog (www.audioblog.com) might be the way to go.

I've been waiting for Odeo to offer its podcast creation tools but they aren't available yet, at least not for me.

This is a test recording. It's lame and really doesn't include any information you want to hear! I just wanted to see if it works well enough to use.

I don't know if Audioblog has any Web-based audio editing software, and I might need that. Speaking eloquently without a script is tough -- at least for me.

So far, during the few minutes I've played with its Web-based recording capability, Audioblog seems easy to use. But I might need a more advanced system, such as using client-based recording software (Audacity?) so I can edit out moronic pauses and mistakes.

Of course, I could use Audioblog as the hosting service for MP3 files I upload.

I'm also going to test Audioblog's capabilities via a cellular phone.

In any case, you may now hear my voice which is, alas, definitely not "broadcast quality."