How do I make a website that lets users record audio directly into the site from their microphone?

Question

I am looking to make a website where users can record audio directly onto my server through the web page. Sort of like podcasting or what is available at singshot.com. Does anyone know how to do it? Is there any way to go about doing it without buying flash media server 2.0?

Answer 1

i would look into an applet. Your going to need something that does most of the processing on the client side then uploads a file to the server. I'm not sure if you can access the microphone from an applet (or any other web language) because of the security limitations.