«
»

Katrina — multi-language podcasts

Patrick contributed a great “how podcasts can help with a recovery effort” idea — which is to equip recovery workers with MP3 players filled with basic-info podcasts in different languages. That way, when they are out in the field, they can communicate with people even if they don’t speak the language. Those same MP3 devices could be used to collect “in their own voices” messages that can be brought back to a central clearing house to be used to reconnect families that have been separated.

Download this 8 minute podcast

This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 13th, 2005 at 1:58 pm and is filed under Katrina - podcasters can help. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

One Response to “Katrina — multi-language podcasts”

  1. Garrick Van Buren .com says:
    September 14, 2005 at 11:38 pm

    Multiple Languages, Same Message – A Reason for a Comment-Cast

    When I was developing WP-iPodCatter, it seemed straight-forward enough to tie WordPress’ enclosure detection with the Comments RSS feed to create a comment podcast, or comment-cast.
    I didn’t have a personal need for this feature (so it&#8…