recording sound through web

[Patrick Hall]

Hello,

I am also interested in this topic; I don't have a
ready-for-prime-time response, but more of a heads-up on some work
that may solve your problem within a couple years.

There is some interesting work going on at Mozillalabs that aims to
incorporate both audio and video recording into Firefox:

http://ajaxian.com/archives/jetpack-to-the-future-with-recording-audio-api

Work is also ongoing at the W3C on defining how all browsers (not just
Firefox) should implement similar functionality. This would make it
possible to create web pages with Javascript that can access and
record with web cams and microphones over the web (assuming the
end-user agrees to it, of course!):

http://dev.w3.org/2009/dap/camera/

Recent developments in the web space like these will have significant
and empowering consequences for linguists and language activists, in
my opinion.

Best,
Pat Hall