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4th December 2006

Computer audio help

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During a workshop on podcasting I taught recently, participants had some trouble getting the microphones connected to their WindowsXP computers to work. The website www.audiohelp.info uses a browser-based Flash program to test your speakers and microphone, and works for computers running Windows or Macintosh OS X. This website is provided for free by YackPack, but you can also use it to test audio functionality for other applications like Bubbleshare or podcasting with Audacity.

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  1. 1 On December 4th, 2006, Rob Wall said:

    Great tip! This is much faster than the usual “record, save file, listen to file” routine that I usually do.

  2. 2 On December 9th, 2006, Open Resource Centre : Setting up audio for podcasting said:

    [...] During a workshop on podcasting I taught recently, participants had some trouble getting the microphones connected to their WindowsXP computers to work. The website http://www.audiohelp.info uses a browser-based Flash program to test your speakers and microphone More Computer audio help Saturday, December 09, 2006 11:39 AM miketemple123 Filed under: ICT information, Podcasting [...]

  3. 3 On December 28th, 2006, AudioHelp for your computer at StigmergicWeb said:

    [...] I came across this terrific little tool thanks to Wes Fryer - an online audio test tool that checks your speakers and microphone. It requires the flash plugin to work its magic. This is a great tool if you need to do a quick audio check for using Skype, recording from the microphone on software like GarageBand or Audacity. [...]