Audio/video in English



Catégorie technique

ENGLISH : AUDIO/VIDEO RESOURCES

(This is a complement to the document intended for the Bachelors in Communication : RESSOURCES AUDIO/VIDEO EN ANGLAIS AVEC TRANSCRIPTIONS)

TECHNOLOGY in general

• BBC Technology news



• The Economist



Subjects / Science and technology / Tech.view

Extremely clear British pronunciation. Downloadable mp3 + link to article (= transcript)

• Scientific American videos (Technology)



I(C)T & CE (Information (and Communication) Technology & Consumer Electronics)

Transcripts available

• Videojug : Computers



(Transcript : click on Text version)

• BBC : subtitled version of the Click TV programme (very poor definition, bad sound)



(requires Internet Explorer) Watch out for the « Last updated » date : the latest episodes are not available in subtitled version yet.

Click programme without subtitles (esp. latest episodes) + links to articles :



! The latest episode can also be watched (much better definition) here (by clicking on the Click link on the right of the screen)

news/news_features/new_technology/intel_plug_wimax_technology.html

Video archive :



(don’t click on the Archive link on the Click home page : no details about programmes)

Webscape series (link on the Click home page) : « a weekly selection of the best sites on the World Wide Web ». Full transcripts. Archive.

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American. Details about the contents of each episode, including transcript of the questions asked - unfortunately no transcript of the answers.

• PC 911 training videos



American. Not really up-to-date, but…

No transcript

• Teach-ICT (a site for ICT teachers) : video tutorials



British. Not all tutorials with sound. Word, Excel and PowerPoint tutorials with sound.

• Teach-ICT : BBC video news reports





Links to lots of IT-related news reports - some links may not work. Dates not always mentioned.

• BBC Technology news : Future directions in computing (Nov. 2007) : links to several videos



• The Guardian Tech Weekly podcast



British. Downloadable mp3 (+/- 30 min programmes). Click on the title link to read details about the programme.

• VNUnet



British. Video programmes and (daily ?) news podcast (presenter hesitates a lot) : bottom of the page, « Latest audio ». Short episodes (< 5 min). 

• PRI (Public Radio International, Boston) + BBC World Service



American. Short audio programmes (< 5 min), most of them IT-related.

• Special video features from PC Magazine



American. Links to several shows : Video Product Reviews (= +/- 3 min clips, recommended), (see above), What’s new now, CrankyGeeks, Video Tech Tips… Archives : detailed summaries of episodes + links to articles in various magazines, incl. PC Magazine.

How Stuff Works computer videos



American. Links to several series : Science Channel (esp. It’s all geek to me), Lab Rats…

New York Times videos (Channels / Technology / David Pogue) - serious AND funny.



USA Today videos (Talking Tech tab)



BBC Radio Wales : Mousemat, « your weekly guide to technology », approx. 30 min.



You can listen again online on the BBC iPlayer radio for 7 days after each programme is broadcast.

BBC Digital Planet, weekly radio programme : « How digital technology affects our lives around the world ». Downloadable podcast.



Try also…









(try various keywords : IT, computer, computer science, hardware, network, Intel, Wi-Fi…)

A list of IT and hardware podcasts (> 500 ! Good luck if you want to test them all…) :



Commercial sites :

Intel



(esp. Chip-chat podcasts, +/- 5 min clips)

D-Link



(esp. Digital Home D.I.Y. videos, mainly about networking) etc….

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