Audacity
Principal function(s): Audio recordingIndividual workSpeakingTeacherStudentYou Supply
Audacity is a software for recording, editing, and mixing audio tracks. It allows users to apply various effects, and export the final product in different formats. Audacity can be used for podcasting, music production, voiceovers, or sound editing for videos. It is free and open-source. It does not require signing up or having an account to use, but it does have to be installed.
Evaluation: Audacity is a valuable tool for numerous audio-based tasks. It is a versatile software that lends itself to different possible pedagogical and didactic uses such as podcasting, music composition, or creating oral exercises for language learning. Audacity can seem slightly complex at first, but once mastered, usage becomes relatively easy.
Cost: Free without registration.
Website: https://www.audacityteam.org/
Best practice
Photostory/Photoalbum and audio comment
Creating a novel-based ‘movie trailer’
Audacity-based task
Task based on a song in French as the target language
A digital story – travelling
Biography
Categories
Usability
Interface 
User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface
Straightforward, slightly old-fashioned.
Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task
Low at the beginning, high once the principles of working with Audacity are mastered.
Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to
English + 33 additional languages supported + tutorial files in several different languages
Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?
Very high. Audacity anonymises IP addresses and does neither store nor share user information. Data collection is restrained to the very necessary for the tool’s functioning. Audacity’s privacy policy demonstrates an understanding of data security and an emphasis on user control over data. It complies with the GDPR. See more here.
Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction
Yes.
Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)
Technical requirements
Installation required?
Yes.
Compatibility/ Operating System
Windows, macOS, GNU/Linux.
Other technical requirements