Saturday, June 25, 2005
Add audio to your blog
There is another tool available to bloggers (people who maintain blogs) using Blogger.com which enables bloggers to create audio clips over the phone. This tool, called AudioBlogger is available without charge .... although the call to record is on your nickle like anyother long distance call you place. Here is an example of such an audio that I created using the free AudioBlogger service :
You can extract the link for the audioblog audio file. For example here is the link to the audio
file linked to the graphic above.
http://www.audblog.com/media/6309/56897.mp3
You can always copy the html code for the link with the button using the editorial interface where you edit postings to your Blogger supported weblog. The html to the link (or the graphic button with link imbedded) can be posted anywhere on the web. You can also deliver the link or the graphic via email.
Here are some points on using text vs. audio format. Much of what follows was suggested in a comment posted to another blog by Rich Persaud:
1. Our senses are neither interchangeable nor superfluous. Visual and auditory cognition use distinct regions of the brain.
2. Audio is prefered by and has a greater impact on those who relate better to material they listen to while, on the other hand, text is prefered by and of greater impact on those who relate better to material they read.
3. Using an audio button, rather than automatically playing the audio when the web page is called, makes audio optional so those who prefer text are not irritated.
4. You can read text and listen to audio at the same time, especially if you avoid sub-vocalizing the written text. You can't read two blog entries at the same time.
5. Tone of voice carries more information than the semantic content of text.
You can extract the link for the audioblog audio file. For example here is the link to the audio
file linked to the graphic above.
http://www.audblog.com/media/6309/56897.mp3
You can always copy the html code for the link with the button using the editorial interface where you edit postings to your Blogger supported weblog. The html to the link (or the graphic button with link imbedded) can be posted anywhere on the web. You can also deliver the link or the graphic via email.
Here are some points on using text vs. audio format. Much of what follows was suggested in a comment posted to another blog by Rich Persaud:
1. Our senses are neither interchangeable nor superfluous. Visual and auditory cognition use distinct regions of the brain.
2. Audio is prefered by and has a greater impact on those who relate better to material they listen to while, on the other hand, text is prefered by and of greater impact on those who relate better to material they read.
3. Using an audio button, rather than automatically playing the audio when the web page is called, makes audio optional so those who prefer text are not irritated.
4. You can read text and listen to audio at the same time, especially if you avoid sub-vocalizing the written text. You can't read two blog entries at the same time.
5. Tone of voice carries more information than the semantic content of text.
Your first article goes here
Hi Gayle, This is where you would post your first article. There is a graphical editor for you to create, publish and edit articles even after they have been published. You may change fonts, insert links and even graphics:
without knowing any html. It was really easy to cut the little graphic from the web page where I found it and then paste it into the edit window just where I wanted it to appear. With another tool for editing links that is built into the graphical editor, I was able to turn the image into a link. You can also up load images from your hard drive.
There is a second edit window where you may edit or replace the template that controls the look and feel of this page. You will need to know a bit of html but I can pitch to make any changes for your you. Here, for example, is what I did for the NetLs Blog and also what Kay Ballard was able to do by modifying the template for her Kiosk Blog.
without knowing any html. It was really easy to cut the little
graphic from the web page where I found it and then paste it into the edit window just where I wanted it to appear. With another tool for editing links that is built into the graphical editor, I was able to turn the image into a link. You can also up load images from your hard drive.There is a second edit window where you may edit or replace the template that controls the look and feel of this page. You will need to know a bit of html but I can pitch to make any changes for your you. Here, for example, is what I did for the NetLs Blog and also what Kay Ballard was able to do by modifying the template for her Kiosk Blog.
