Sharewood Picnic is Robin Good’s weekly basket of goods, tools and services found in the last week. Including several newly-released resources, these little gems can help you better understand and utilize the independent publishing revolution we are witnessing.

Feel free to download, test and try-out any of them. They are all free and readily available for immediate access. This week’s list contains a number of new items with a lot of potential.

Here is this week’s list:

1. Podcast search engine using voice-recognition technology
2. Podcasts download to mobile phones
3. Video podcast directory
4. Legal, Creative Commons-licensed BitTorrents
5. VoIP and video tool
6. Geo-based social networking tool
7. Free personal publishing portal
8. Tag visualization and mapping service
9. Connection speed test
10. Open-source video production, gathering and distribution software
11. Literary question search engine

Here the details:

1. Podzinger
   
   Podzinger is a powerful search tool able to look into the audio of a podcast to find the words you search for. Built using speech recognition software from BBN Technologies, Podzinger essentially transcribes a podcast into text - allowing users to search like they would for ordinary internet content. Podzinger even highlights the exact segment of audio in which the keyword occurred lets users listen from that point in the podcast. There are also controls for rewind, pause, or fast-forward. Free to use.
   www.podzinger.com
2. Mobilcast
   
   Mobilcast allows users to download and listen to podcasts from their mobile phone. Effective only for US users, it allows individuals on their mobile phones to log onto the Mobilcast network, select a podcast and have the service play the podcast requested as soon as it is downloaded. The service has a search feature, separates podcasts into categories and even lets you see podcast notes. All downloaded podcasts are then saved so you can listen to them whenever you want. Users can also syndicate their podcast feed through the service. Mobilcast is only supported on select phones by Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola. Although the service itself is free, data transfer costs still apply.
   http://www.mobilcastnetwork.com/

Get the details on the other ones too:
New Media Picks Of The Week: Sharewood Picnic n.29