“A Podcast is a great way to develop a relationship with Hard to reach people” – Tim Paige
Podcasting coined around 2004 and it came in limelight when Apple released iTunes adding official support and start for Podcasts. Podcasts are digital audio files created by individuals or organizations in the form of a series of episodes. These can be educational or entertaining and can vary across domains of expertise.
Podcasting is a hot medium to communicate across the large audience, and the era we are in can be called the golden age for Podcasts as there are endless apps to not only listen to them but also create and broadcasts your own Podcasts.
Let us look at five apps that can be used for creating your own Podcasts:
Anchor – This is not typical but one of them goes for apps Podcasting. Anchor not only offers you to create your own Podcasts but also offers unlimited Hosting for creators completely free. It offers numerous features of sound transitioning, effects, recording, etc. and the final podcasts can be uploaded seamlessly to iTunes and Google Play.
Podbean – This also a neat and simple Podcasting tool with synchronization, audio effect, background noise cancellation, screen control, etc. features. What makes Podbean unique is that it holds its personal library of varied Podcasts segregated by genres, topics, language and many more. Users can subscribe, download and stream podcasts easily online. Podcasts from Podbeans can be synced with Chromecasts and Amazon Alexa. Podbean charges a certain fee.
Sound Cloud – is the ideal app for basic recording and uploading of podcasts with free hosting with some limitations. You can perform basic trimming features with a fading effect to your recordings can be given. In addition to this, you can embed your podcasts to other Media if your Social Accounts are linked to Sound Cloud.
Jo Jo: Go Record Yourself – is a unique and little vivid app. The idea of the App is to record your podcasts, add a description, assign location permission and upload it. The App is used to create mini-podcast which can be flagged on a map, and add to this you also get to listen to podcasts of the other people sorted on the basis of location and your shares. This app is best to recommend for travel podcasts.
Audacity – is more of a Laptop or desktop-focused app as compared to the ones discussed above. It is a downloadable package used for recording audios even through your Microphones and edits them. One of the highlighting features of Audacity is the ability to edit and combine different segments of different audio into one episode and it allows users to download audio if different formats.
Therefore, you can easily begin and get ready to dive into the sea of Podcasting with these five easy and friendly Apps.
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