The kind people of Mobatalk.com and Podpress got together recently to release a new feature which we have just implemented.

The new feature allows you to create audio comments and attach them to news stories on the site. So, instead of calling us via Skype, you can just leave us your loving comments, whispering sweet nothings of your adoration for that particular news story.

At this time, audio comments are limited to 30 seconds each, but gauged upon popularity, I may invest in an upgrade so we have much much more time.

This should be lots of fun, and I hope that everyone who has access to a microphone on their computer gives it a whirl…

Here’s how:

1) If you aren’t registered at the site yet, click HERE
2) Log in (Click HERE)
3) Go to the end of the news story you want to comment on and look for the, “Leave Comment” link.
4) You will see the comment dialog box as normal, with the addition of a new link under it which says, “Insert Audio Comment”. Click on it.
5) It will load a Java applet, and likely ask for permission to install that applet. Click “Yes”.
6) You will see a dialog appear under the normal comments dialog text entry box as shown below:

7) Once you are ready, click on the “Record” button and recording will commence.
As indicated you can pause, stop, and preview the recording. Clicking on “Record” again after clicking “Stop” will start the recording over.
9) Once satisfied, click Attach. (The recording is not saved until you click Attach)
10) Type in a short message, into the text part of the comments dialog, click on the “Submit Comment” button, and voila! You’ve submitted an audio comment.

The audio comment will then go into our moderation queue, which I check routinely.

This system is very new, and it’s not unlikely that people may have problems making this work. If you have any questions or problems, please email me: HERE

I will do my best to help you.

Please make sure that your comments are appropriate or I won’t be able to approve them. Other than that, have fun! I’m very interested in what you all do with this.

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