A while back I put together the following thoughts; would love to hear your reactions. And thanks for sharing the link; it would make sense to build the project on pre-existing open source ideas rather than reinventing the wheel... -ac
Mobcaster specs Voicemail server that can record voicemails in MP3, WAV and OGG format; Ability to post voicemails anonymously or set up a user account; Ability to key in titles so voicemails may have their own subject line. Automatic posting of MP3 file to blog using various tools (Movable Type, RadioUserland, Wordpress, etc), with appropriate enclosure tags for podcast-friendliness Fast post option: type in two PIN codes record your message and hang up. Categories: allow user to leave voicemail, then key in categories and keywords for database-driven blogs Website interface for managing user accounts UNICODE support for multiple language interfaces Phone number to also allow users to listen to podcasts via phone, leave comments Optional: voice-to-text interface so voicemails can be converted into text Process: User calls phone number Keys in PIN codes Records voicemail Options: post now, listen, delete, re-record, add Title or Categories Voicemail saved in chosen format (MP3, WAV, OGG) Voicemail posted to blogger's server Blog & RSS automatically updated with enclosure-friendly link to voicemail; blog entry also placed in appropriate categories or tagged w/ keywords Blog entry given code number; readers can call the server, post a voicemail comment and have it placed it in the appropriate blog comment box. -- ----------------------------------- Andy Carvin Program Director EDC Center for Media & Community acarvin @ edc . org http://www.digitaldivide.net http://www.tsunami-info.org Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com ----------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Brian Russell Sent: Mon 7/18/2005 10:20 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Subject: RE: [Fwd: RE: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop inAccra] Andy & All, Could we list the requirements we have for an Open Source Mobcasting tool? After investigating this a bit the real challenges turn out to be a finding a reliable voice server that provides a VoiceXML interpreter/browser. Any mobloging project like this is at the whim of said service. Ex. TellMe, BeVocal, Voxeo, or HeyAnita TellMe provides free developer accounts. But once a service becomes popular it doesn't scale well. Meaning a lot of people can't use it at once. Basically we need the $ to find a host for the voice server that will work with this project over a good amount of time. (or find one to donate their services) BTW... An Open Source (GPL) Mobloging project I found recently is called PhoneBlogger. http://www.wombatnation.com/phoneblogger/ -Brian > Hi Xavier, > > It seems audioblogger has had several problems in recent months; among > other things, they apparently changed their phone number, so you may want > to doublecheck and see if you're using the right one. Other times I've > seen it take as long as 12 hours for a post to appear on a blog. That's > why I generally use audlink.com to post mobile podcasts on my blog - check > out www.andycarvin.com and see some that I posted en route to Ghana. > > This is why I really want to mobilize a small group of programmers to > create an open source mobcasting tool - so anyone can install similar > software on a server and make telephone-based podcasting recording (and > listening) available via a local telephone call. I'm meeting with several > folks here in Ghana to discuss this further; it'll be interesting to see > what the local reaction will be. > > andy > live from busyinternet.com, my Accra HQ > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://www.tsunami-info.org > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Xavier Leonard > Sent: Sun 7/17/2005 5:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop > inAccra] > > Andy-- > I spoke with you earlier about our efforts to integrate audioblogging > with podcasting. That effort got stalled a little bit lay week because > our audiblogger dial in # stopped working. We never got a response to our > tech supprt email. Have you had any experience with problems like this > with that service? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 11:36:33 > To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Fwd: RE: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in > Accra] > > ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- > Subject: RE: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra > From: "Andy Carvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, July 15, 2005 5:10 pm > To: "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hi Leo, > > Since I was just asked to do this, I don't have any materials yet. I'll > cobble together what I can and post it after the workshop. > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://www.tsunami-info.org > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Leo Burd > Sent: Fri 7/15/2005 4:27 PM > To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [DDN] details: podcasting/videoblogging workshop in Accra > > Dear Andy, > > Are there support materials for the workshop that you could share with > me and other DDN members who might be interested? I would love to learn > more about podcasting/videoblogging and also to help spread those > techniques to other people. > > Best, > > Leo Burd > Lifelong Kindergarten Group > MIT Media Lab > > > Andy Carvin wrote: > >>Hi everyone, >> >>I previously mentioned that I'll be conducting a podcasting and > videoblogging workshop in Accra next week. Here are the details. >> >>It's currently scheduled for Thursday, July 21 at 14:00 GMT at African > Security Dialogue and Research. Their office is located on Kofi Annan > Avenue, just off Atomic Agency Road, North Legon. If you're in Accra and > would like to attend, please RSVP to Amos Anyimadu at accraboy @ > fastmail.fm, in case the time or location changes. I hope to see some of > you there! -andy >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > > > -- > Xavier Leonard > Heads On Fire > San Diego, CA > ph.:619.232.9573 fx.:619.544.0993 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.headsonfire.org > "Fulfilling the promise of technology through community centered > collaborations." > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
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