What is a Podcast?
A Podcast is an audio programme that can be downloaded from the Internet on to a home computer, Ipod or similar equipment, MP3 player and mobile phones with G3 capability.
Who are they intended for? and how can they be used?
Many people listen to podcasts when they travel It might be a programme of interviews about wildlife or an oral history recording about the war years or childhood memories. There are many uses. They are ideal for Heritage Centres, Museums, Zoos, Tourism websites, countryside ranger services, local councils, and schools.
How can they be used?
Podcasts and audio downloads are a fantastic way of giving out information from your website or on CD or DVD such as country walks, guides to country houses, natural history sounds such as birdsong, museum audio tours, storytelling, local history trails, town trails and for supplying tourist information.
Podcasts and Audio Guides for the Visually Impaired
We have been producing specially scripted material for use by the visually impaired for many years - audio tours being our speciality. These can be produced as Podcasts or ready for transfer to an appropriate player suited to requirements.
Below are some excerpts from our 'podcast' audio sound archive for you to listen you.
Lake
District sheep counting in Old Welsh (click here)
The English Lake District may seem a highly unlikely place to hear Welsh being used, however in this example recalled from the 1920s its origins are quite clear.
Plague memories (click here)
Memories of the great plague at Portchester Castle - reconstructed from archives and other sources. (Client English Heritage)
George Marsh Martyr audio guide sample (click here)
George Marsh is regarded as a martyr. His imprisonment and trial for his religious beliefs is recounted in this extract from an audio guide for Smithells Hall, Bolton. (Client Bolton Metropolitan Borough)
How the face of Asru an Egyptian mummy was reconstructed (Click here)
A short extract from an audio guide for the visually impaired describing how the face and features of Asru an Egyptian mummy was re-created. (Client Manchester Museum)