Software

I have a built-in Sound Recorder program on my laptop which I will be using to record my podcast. It is very easy to manage. The sound quality is not too clear as I would like so I am planning to buy a mic for better sound clearance. At first, I was planning on downloading a free recording program like Audacity but after watching Youtube's "How to Create a Podcast for Dummies" I took their advice and checked if I already had an installed recording program - which I did.

Using Sound Recorder is as easy as pressing Record, Stop, Save in Files - Very simple

For editing my podcast, I will use  Audacity because it allows editing beyond Sound Recorder which is very basic. Sound Recorder being very basic is still very useful because it is easy to manage but this means I need another software for editing. 

I watched a Youtube video called "How to Edit a Podcast with Audacity" to observe how the program functions. The usage looks extremely easy, full of simple dragging and dropping of audio's like your recording and background music files. 

I experimented with a simple 10 second clip I recorded using Sound Recorder and tried applying background music to my recording with a fade-out using Audacity. It was extremely easy to use, just as was demonstrated in the video - even for someone technologically dis-functional as me. I recommend it!!