April 27, 2006

Take a look at TeachOutLoud

It’s been flying under the radar for a while but I finally decided I should blog about our new service TeachOutLoud. When we started LearnOutLoud we were impressed by the number of good audiobooks and podcasts that were out there. At the same time, we compared that with the total amount of high-quality audio content that is generated on a daily basis around the world. We’re talking about literally hundreds of speeches, lectures, presentations, classes, etc. that are delivered every day and of which far less than 1% are ever recorded and made available on the Internet.

One of the reasons why we felt that people didn’t bother to record this content is that there wasn’t an easy way to distribute it. You’d have to set up your own site, upload the content, deal with people who couldn’t figure out how to download it or play it, etc. Not rocket science perhaps but certainly a bit of a hassle. And that assumes that you’re giving the content away. If you wanted to charge for it then there’s even more involved in terms of e-commerce, secure downloading, etc.

We wanted to make it a lot easier.

In fact, we wanted to make it so easy that if you had an MP3 recording of a live event or audiobook then you could have that audio available for people to download within minutes, complete with a professional looking product page and the capability to charge for the content if you so chose.

With TeachOutLoud that possibility is now a reality.

TeachOutLoud provides you with all of the services that you need to distribute and sell your audio content online. It allows you to focus on what you’re really good at: Creating great content. Our vision for TeachOutLoud is a day when anyone and everyone can take a lecture they’ve just given, a class they’ve just taught or an audio book they’ve just recorded and easily make it available through LearnOutLoud.com.

No need to understand RSS or XML or any of that stuff. No worries about a proprietary file format that won’t work with certain players (all files are distributed as MP3 files). No hassle in setting up hosting, customer service, e-commerce. Just an opportunity to record educational and inspirational content and make it available to anyone around the world (Note: We support international payment as well as Paypal).

In the last few weeks since we’ve done a soft launch of TeachOutLoud we’ve already had 50+ titles uploaded through the TeachOutLoud system. Here is a sampling of what you can find there:

John Selby – A best-selling author and noted teacher, John has posted a half-dozen courses on self-development and spirituality on TeachOutLoud.

The Work of Ratanjit Sondhe – Discoverhelp is a company dedicated to help you reaching your potential. They’ve posted a number of discussions with Ratanjit Sondhe that you will enjoy.

Trish Dennison – Dave Trager, the Founder of Feel Good Vibes, introduced us to Trish and we’re proud to be hosting her content.

Sounds for Sights – Audio walking tours are a great way to enjoy a new city. The folks at Sounds for Sights have posted several titles through TeachOutLoud and even have made a free walking tour of Rockefeller Center and the Diamond District available for download.

This is just a start as we hope to have hundreds, if not thousands, of titles added to TeachOutLoud in coming months. The best part is that your title could be next. Do you have something you would like to teach the world about? Just head on over to http://www.teachoutloud.com and see how easy it is to get your audio content up so that others can learn from what you have to say.

Thanks to everyone who has been instrumental in bringing TeachOutLoud to life!