What is a Podcast?
A podcast is a series of audio media files which are distributed over the internet using internet feeds. Putting it simply, a feed is a file located somewhere on the internet with information and links to podcast audio files also known as episodes. In this tutorial, for brevity, sometimes the term 'podcast' is used instead of 'podcast feed' as, for example, when you search for a podcast, you effectively search for a podcast feed.
Podcasts are provided by commercial organizations and individuals. There is a vast range of podcasts available on a huge number of topics.
The Podcast media task supports two ways to listen to podcast audio files:
Listening to the audio files directly from feeds on the internet - the files are streamed down to you.
Listening to the podcast audio files stored on your computer.
The following pages describe how to use both methods. You will learn how to search for new podcasts, search for episodes in an opened feed and exchange podcasts with other applications.
Under the Podcast directory in the Library, there are four sub-directories as follows:
All Feeds - where you will find directories of thousands of podcasts including the BBC, a selection of Information Technology related podcasts and much more.
Favourites - where you can add your favourite podcasts for streaming.
Received Files - where you can listen to podcasts downloaded either by SpeakOn itself or by an external application.
Temporary - which stores either the results of any new podcasts searched for or any podcasts you might import.
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