Audioblogger, a service from Odeo to post over-the-phone recordings onto a Blogger site, will close at the end of this month.
Basically, they say it was too expensive to run and Odeo wants to concentrate on their thing – podcasts.
Now, I viewed Audioblogger as a mobile to Web bridge. It’s a pity to see it go. Either there wasn’t much of an uptake or mobile has quietly slipped off the Odeo radar.
It must have been a hard decision, since Odeo and Blogger are historically linked via their founders.
The announcement to Audiobloggers listed other services one could use. I think I’ll check them out.
From the email they sent me:
As of November 1, 2006, Audioblogger will no longer accept phone
calls. MP3s made with the service will continue to be hosted and
served but you will no longer be able to use Audioblogger to post
new audio.
…However, there are several other services that offer similar
functionality. Odeo is not affiliated with any of these services,
we only suggest them only in hopes that one or the other will be
a good alternative for you.Gabcast.com is a free service for recording by phone
Hipcast.com has a seven day free trial and lots of features
Gcast.com is another free service for phone recording
