[bookport] Re: Talkr idea for Book Port Spyder
- From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:27:36 -0700 (PDT)
As Larry said. What are the alternatives if Talkr is too
expensive. Discuss and share. I would love to know. Thank you.
--- LARRY SKUTCHAN <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Elaberate. What is it, and what are the alternatives?
>
> >>> mmccarty@xxxxxxx Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:40:22 AM >>>
> Talkr is expensive for what it does. There are cheaper
> software
> packages that will essentually do the same thing for a much
> cheaper
> price.
>
>
> Michael McCarty
> Fred's Head Database Coordinator
> American Printing House for the Blind
> Phone: 502 895-2405
> Fax: 502 899-2363
> www.aph.org
>
> >>> petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx 06/28/05 09:53AM >>>
> On the computer america show they will have talkr - something
> we
> can use with book port if the talkr software is accessible.
> Awhile I told you guys about podcasts and next this one maybe
> very useful for us to have if accessible.
>
> The computer america web site is:
>
> http://www.computeramerica.com
>
> The show is on live at 10 pm eastern time and can be heard
> live.
> There is a listen link on the website.
>
> Tuesday
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>
> Hour one: Talkr. Talkr targets the 11% of the US adult
> population that
> owns an mp3 player. Talkr monitors blogs and major news sites
> and
> converts those written-word stories into spoken-word audio or
> "podcasts." Talkr's customers can then configure their
> desktop
> computers to retrieve those files automatically and load them
> onto their
> mp3 players.
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