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Accessibility and PODCASTING Reece Lamshed Accessibility and INNOVATION Rules of behaviour - universal design Designing resources with disability in mind Visually impaired - audio Innovation - finding new ways of doing things Innovation - making it easier to do things Podcasting
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Accessibilityand PODCASTING Reece Lamshed
Accessibility andINNOVATION • Rules of behaviour - universal design • Designing resources with disability in mind • Visually impaired - audio • Innovation - finding new ways of doing things • Innovation - making it easierto do things
Podcasting • Using a mobile Mp3 device to listen to automatically loaded audio files • Is it a new communication system? • What’s great about it: • easy to access • virtually free • automated • x-platform • mobile
Podcastingrecording • Mobile • Microphone • Digital recorder - ipod, minidisk • Audio editing software - Audacity • Computer • Microphone (internal or external) • Audio editing software - Audacity
Podcastingtechnical specs • Recording - iPod • WAV file • 16 bit, 8 KHz • Mono • 1Mb/minute • Exporting from Audacity • Mp3 ID3v1 • 16 bit, 8Khz • Mono • 500Kb/minute ie ~ 25 Mb/hour (depends on music)
Podcastinguploading to site • Create /podcast/ Folder on site • Include free code - dirCaster v0.1: Podcasting php script • Upload the Mp3 to Folder • Feed URL: www.binaryblue.com.au/podcast
Podcastingpodcasting skills • Not about technology alone • Not about just capturing the lecture, or reading notes • Use all the essential broadcasting skills • Intimate and personal (headphones) • Chunk it - not long sessions • Using story-telling devices, interviews