XZIST.org Blog » Vocaroo http://xzist.org/blog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:18:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Vocaroo Message Deletion http://xzist.org/blog/2010/08/vocaroo-message-deletion/ http://xzist.org/blog/2010/08/vocaroo-message-deletion/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:17:08 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=307 From 5th September all messages on Vocaroo over 6 months old will be automatically deleted. This includes both anonymously recorded messages and those stored within a Vocaroo account.

Why?

Because Vocaroo is a hobby project, barely covers its web hosting costs, and thus does not have the funds to buy infinite storage space.

Sorry.

You can save important messages by clicking the “Download this message” link underneath. (right click and select “save target as” or similar).

]]> http://xzist.org/blog/2010/08/vocaroo-message-deletion/feed/ 2 Vocaroo Express – Send Voice Messages in Windows Mail http://xzist.org/blog/2009/09/vocaroo-express-send-voice-messages-in-windows-mail/ http://xzist.org/blog/2009/09/vocaroo-express-send-voice-messages-in-windows-mail/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:19:44 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=185 This is a small app for sending voice messages using your default email client (i.e. Outlook Express, Windows Mail, etc…). I guess it’s still in beta… but please give it a try!

Vocaroo Express Screenshot

Click here for more info

Features:

  • Simple to use. Click to record, click to stop, and click to send!
  • Send voice messages as an attachment using your Windows email client.
  • Use the email software and address book you are are comfortable with.
  • All recordings are saved on disk for backup and later listening.
  • Help messages guide you each step of the way (all three of them!).
  • A rather fetching green and purple colour scheme.

It should work with any MAPI compatible email client and all versions of Windows. Some obvious “features” such as SMTP server support have been left out for the sake of simplicity (this app needs to be something your mother can use!). However you can always set your own SMTP server as an account in Outlook Express so that functionality is not really needed.

It does of course require you have a microphone.

Download now!

]]> http://xzist.org/blog/2009/09/vocaroo-express-send-voice-messages-in-windows-mail/feed/ 4 Embedding the Vocaroo widget in a WordPress.com blog http://xzist.org/blog/2009/08/embedding-the-vocaroo-widget-in-a-wordpresscom-blog/ http://xzist.org/blog/2009/08/embedding-the-vocaroo-widget-in-a-wordpresscom-blog/#comments Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:43:30 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=181 …is not possible, sorry :(

WordPress.com blogs don’t seem to allow the embedding of any flash media except from a few big companies such as YouTube, who they must have some kind of agreement with…

]]> http://xzist.org/blog/2009/08/embedding-the-vocaroo-widget-in-a-wordpresscom-blog/feed/ 0 There are dumb questions http://xzist.org/blog/2009/05/there-are-dumb-questions/ http://xzist.org/blog/2009/05/there-are-dumb-questions/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 23:07:10 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=122 There are dumb questions and there are dumb questions

You get questions written in bad grammar with lots of spelling mistakes, where the person uses a roundabout route and the wrong terms to ask how to do something. But that’s not a dumb question; this person is just a bad typist and is not all that technically inclined.

The dumb question is that one short sentence phrased in perfect English. Asking how to do the obvious, the one thing that the entire interface is streamlined to make as simple and easy as possible.

“Hi, how do I record my voice?”

(at least provide some information about how you have failed in your attempts so far… grr!)

]]> http://xzist.org/blog/2009/05/there-are-dumb-questions/feed/ 0 Vocaroo widget now supports custom colours! http://xzist.org/blog/2009/03/vocaroo-widget-now-supports-custom-colours/ http://xzist.org/blog/2009/03/vocaroo-widget-now-supports-custom-colours/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:47:28 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=62 A small addition, the Vocaroo voice recording widget can now have its colour customised! It does require you to edit the embed code though.


Default green………..Custom blue!

Get the updated widget code as usual, in English or French.

Notes:

  • There are three colours that can be customised, backgroundCol, buttonLineCol, and buttonFillCol. Their names should be explanation enough :)
  • Colours must be specified as hex codes, and must start with “0x”, for example: “0xEDFAFB”.
  • If you look in the widget code you’ll notice the colours are specified twice, in two different places, this is necessary so it works on all web browsers…

A nice online colour picker tool can be found here. Note that it gives the colours in normal HTML format starting with a #, so you must change this to “0x” for Vocaroo.

]]> http://xzist.org/blog/2009/03/vocaroo-widget-now-supports-custom-colours/feed/ 5 How to embed the Vocaroo voice recorder in your website http://xzist.org/blog/2009/02/how-to-embed-the-vocaroo-voice-recorder-in-your-website/ http://xzist.org/blog/2009/02/how-to-embed-the-vocaroo-voice-recorder-in-your-website/#comments Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:32:36 +0000 Daniel http://xzist.org/blog/?p=25 Just another Vocaroo tip!

A proper API and toolkit for adding voice recording functionality to websites is planned, but until it’s ready, here’s a way you can let people send you a voice message directly from your website, using an IFRAME:

<iframe src="http://vocaroo.com/?replyto=email@address.com" width="600" height="700"></iframe>

(replace “email@address.com” with your own email address)

This will give:

It’s a bit ugly though, so you might prefer just to link to Vocaroo, like this:

http://vocaroo.com/?replyto=email@address.com

Have a nice day :)

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