Leading all-in-one presentation to podcast tool for lecturers
providing easy presentation capture and publishing for lecturers and
presenters gets updated to 2.0. Release highlights include easy to
use Podcast Manager, improved iTunes U support, ID3 tag support,
WebDAV publishing, support for Creative Commons Licensing and
AppleScript support!
Ann Arbor, MI., August 24th, 2006-- Humble Daisy, Inc today
introduced ProfCast 2.0, the latest upgrade to it's flagship lecture
recording and podcast creation software. ProfCast is a versatile,
powerful, yet very simple to use tool for recording lectures
including PowerPoint and/or Keynote slides for creating enhanced
podcasts. ProfCast provides a low cost solution for recording and
distributing lectures, special events, and presentations as podcasts.
ProfCast offers an integrated workflow that makes creating,
recording, and publishing podcasts easy. It's as simple as Launch,
Load, and Lecture!
The advancements in ProfCast 2.0 allow for a lot more flexibility,
easier use and many user requested features. ProfCast 2.0 includes
new underlying architecture and a host of new features that users
have requested.
What's new is ProfCast 2.0
- Even EASIER to use!
- New Podcast Mangaer completely rearchitected and MUCH more
intuitive and useful!
- Ability to import already published podcasts and rss feeds from internet
- Ability to drag and drop files to add episodes to podcast in Podcast Manager
- New podcast media file preview functionality
- Support for iTunes U Class meta data
- Now saves a local copy of all podcasts (ProfCast Vault)
- Supports ID3 Tags on files
- Creative Commons Licensing Support
- New iTunes Categories supported
- WebDAV Support
- New semi-transparent window mechanism allows manual selection when
multiple presentations loaded
- New ability to integrate a screen capture (snapshot) into recorded
enhanced podcast
- Support for Creative Commons Licensing
- AppleScript support added
- New publishing architecture supports plug ins for better extensibility
- Numerous Bug fixes and interface fixes
Best of all 2.0 is a FREE upgrade for registered 1.5 users! ProfCast
also announced new pricing for ProfCast 2.0. ProfCast is now $29.95
(down from $35 previously). ProfCast 2.0 will be a FREE upgrade to
all registered users of ProfCast 1.5!
Our users have come to expect a high level of usability from ProfCast
(and we couldn't be happier)! ProfCast builds on it's high standards
with version 2.0 providing the best lecture recording / podcast
creation tool available!
Pricing & Availability
ProfCast is available through the ProfCast web site
(http://www.profcast.com). It is available for a retail price of
$29.95 (US). Volume discounts and site licenses are available upon
request. Full system requirements and more information on ProfCast
can be found at http://www.profcast.com/support/
A ProfCast reviewers guide is available for download at
http://www.profcast.com/press/reviewers_guide.pdf [6.2 MB PDF FILE]
Humble Daisy, Inc (http://www.humbledaisy.com) was founded in 2002
with the goal of providing simple and elegant solutions for those who
appreciate such things. We seek people who understand the importance
of putting their users first and work diligently to make user
centered designs. Our designs facilitate success while expressing the
unique qualities that make each of us special.
