- Audacity–free download for Windows, Macs, Linux
- Audionote – Syncs audio with typed notes so you can hear what was said at any time (app)
- AudioPal–records a message that is then embeddable into your website or blog
- Audio Memos Free – The Voice Recorder (free with ads or $0.99 without ads) (app)
- Bossjock Jr & Bossjock – create and publish rich audio productions on your iPad
- DropVox (fee) (app)
- Ferrite Recording Studio – a full featured multi-track audio editor for the iPad. Wow!
- iTalk Recorder (free with ads or $1.99 for premium) (app)
- MicNote–audio recorder and notepad; great for Chromebooks (app)
- QuickVoice Recorder (free) (app)
- ShadowPuppet–easily record audio over images for a slideshow (app)
- Sock Puppet–record movement and voice–changes voices to funny ones (app)
- Sonic Pics–(fee) voice-over slideshow of pictures (app)
- SoundCloud–record and publish with Chromebooks using free accounts (app)
- Soundtrap – the multi-platform, cloud based audio editor has a very decent iOS app.
- SpeakPipe Voice Recorder–record directly from browser to your local machine, or on iPhone, iPad
- Talking Tom Cat–repeats what students say (app)
- TwistedWave–a browser-based audio file editor
- Vocaroo–record yourself, intuitive even for youngers, embeddable; no log-in required
- Voice Record Pro 7 – Record audio, edit it, and even upload it to share on YouTube. (app)
- Voice Thread–Talk, type, and draw right on the screen (app)
Chromebooks–try these
- MicNote–free download for all platforms or Chromebook app here
- Online Voice Recorder–done on website–record, edit, save to your computer; includes video recorder; perfect for Chromebooks
- VoiceNote II--recorder for Chromebooks (also a download if you prefer)–speech to text
Audio with other pieces
- Little Bird Tales–add voice to student story
Podcasts–listen
- 99% Invisible–about design and architecture
- Brains On! Science Podcast
- But Why? a Podcast for curious kids
- Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History— funky approach to history
- Freakonomics
- Listenwise
- Podbean
- Radio Adventures of Eleanor Amplified
- Serial — for MS; unfolds one story over a season
- Short and Curly — an ethics podcast
- Sparkle Stories
- Stories Podcast
- StoryNory Stories for Kids
- Story Pirates Podcast
- TED Radio Hour
- Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Podcasts–create
- Anchor–easy 2-minute podcasts; users can comment video audio also; may be more appropriate for adult use than student
- Opinion Podcast – The barrier to podcasting has never been lower. Try this app today!
- Soundtrap–make music and podcasts online, collaboratively
- StoryCorps–record interviews; share with everyone
- WavePad–create podcasts on iPads
Sounds
- Belfry Sound Effects–sound effects player written for schools and small scale theatre venues
- BBC Collection of sound effects
- Cave sounds–delivered via YT; lots more topics available on this YT channel
- Nature Sound Map–sounds in nature around the world
- Sound Bible–free sound bites
- Sounds–hours of sounds delivered via YT on caves, cities, forests, space, and more
- Type “animal sounds” into the Google search bar and get a large variety