The Mic Voice Message Submissions: How to Record

  • Mobile
    • Find a quiet place and enable airplane mode on your phone
    • If using an iPhone, open the “Voice Memos” app. If using an Android, open the “Voice Recorder” app
    • Press the circle to begin recording your message
    • Hold the phone up to your ear like you would for a phone call
    • Press the red button to pause your recording
    • To finish, press “Done/Finished” and name your voice recording
    • Press the share icon to export the audio file 
    • Save the audio file and upload it to the submissions page
  • Desktop
    • Open the “QuickTime” application
    • Click File, then press “New Audio Recording”
    • Allow QuickTime to use your computer’s built-in microphone
    • Press the red circle to begin recording your message
    • Press the gray square to stop recording
    • Click “File,” press “Save” then upload the file to the submissions page
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