Podcasting according to Wikipedia.com is; “the distribution of audio or video files, such as radio programs or music videos, over the internet using either RSS or Atom syndication for listening on mobile devices and personal computers.”
In short Podcasting is the broadcasting of audio after it had been translated from text (within the blogs or websites) to the audiences. It works just like the radio concept. If you switch on the radio you’ll hear your favorite DJ’s sweat voice on the air, when in actual fact the DJ was probably reading from the prepared script or some other written materials.
So, if you’re too lazy to do the reading of what has been posted on the blog, I’ve prepare the Podcasting option so that you can listen to it. At the end of every article or post, you’ll notice the “Listen Online” link just like below:
If you click of it, it’ll open another small window and start streaming the audio before you can listen to it online. As an example you can click on below to listen to the whole content of this new post.
Because Podcasting relies on the RSS or Atom syndication, you would be only be able to listen to whatever posts which are being fed into RSS and that means the latest 25 posts. The sole purpose of RSS is to deliver the latest articles to readers, so from the logical note it doesn’t make sense to have feeds on archive or older posts. But I do hope that the limitation could be extended. In the meantime, try it out and enjoy the fun of Podcasting. And don’t forget to let me know if you like this new feature by putting down your comment.
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June 1st, 2007 by financetwitter
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Sounds a bit robotic to be honest, but great way to reach out to people who are lazy to read or has sensitive eyes. Definitely a keeper in my opinion.
Is it possible to record your own voice into it rather than depend on the computer generated voice?