ZCast Makes Podcasting and Live Streaming Easy With One Touch
iOS: Podcasting can be tricky, but ZCast for iPhone just launched makes it as easy as downloading an app, tapping a record, and starting your stream. The service even integrates with Twitter so you can let people know you’re streaming so they can tune in to the live stream.
Think of ZCast as the audio version of Google Hangouts. You specify your topic, invite your co-hosts (if any), press a button, and you live. You sign into ZCast with your Twitter account, and Twitter is the preferred social stream for the service, so this is how you will interact with listeners, answer questions, and post updates (or post the fact that you are broadcasting).
The purpose of the service is to remove some of the barriers to getting and running a podcast. You don’t need a ton of audio equipment, a mixer or multiple microphones, all you need is a smartphone and an app. Sure, this way you can record great podcasts and broadcast them live to listeners, but you won’t have the professional sound and quality that many podcasters listen to carefully, so keep that in mind when you start.
Likewise, although the app is free and listening is free, you will need to register with the service (again, using Twitter) in order to view previous podcasts, view podcasts and streams to listen to, and find people using the app you might have. already know. The catalog is a little thin at the moment, but if you’ve been looking for something simple to get you started with a brilliant podcast idea, this might just be the ticket.
ZCast | via Product Hunt