Podcast Evaluation

After deciding to produce my podcast on RFID tags I enjoyed looking into and researching the topic. It made me come up with lots of ideas and I could have talked for ages on the thoughts and ideas that I have, but were unfortunately limited to 3 minutes. I decided to produce it on PowerPoint as I had used the program before to produce a movie file and it had been successful and shown all the sounds, transactions etc. Unfortunately Macs do not have the capability of doing this like a PC, which I only found the day before the deadline, therefore I regret not using Final Cut Pro. With using PowerPoint as well, I was not able to produce an aesthetically pleasing format and the transactions and way of presenting it could have been a lot better. I also think that using my own voice over the top could have benefitted the listener as I could have talked clearer and in more detail with some enthusiasm about the subject. Using the AT&T website for the text-to-speech was an easy and efficient way of narrating the podcast but not the best as the monotonic voice didn’t sound very interesting at all. Video footage and editing of this would have been good to use and would have enabled me to show my thoughts and explain them a lot clearer. I was pleased with the research I did although I could have posted more of the information that I couldn’t put in the podcast, on my blog. I am still not fully confident with ‘blogging’ as it doesn’t feel natural to just write about anything, I would much rather speak about it and use visuals.

All in all I am not very happy with the podcast that I produced as I think I was lazy in what I did. Although the subject was really what I wanted to research and talk about, I don’t think I did it justice. In the future, I will definitely use Final Cut Pro or a similar program and definitely not use powerpoint as it is far too basic for what I wanted to achieve. I will certainly use a real persons voice and not a text-to-speech program when talking or informing people about a subject. The text-to-speech is ok for maybe short sound clips or for a small flash computer game but not for a 3minute video that needs to be clear and interesting. Videos from the web or some captured by myself will be considered in later projects as I think they could really benefit the watcher and make them understand exactly what you’re talking about and make it more interesting

For my first podcast it is ok in the way that it talks about a certain topic and includes my views and ideas about it, but the presentation could have been considerably better. I also need to get into the routine of blogging so it becomes more natural and enjoyable to do.