[bookport] Re: Talkr idea for Book Port Spyder
- From: <petrakigianos-giasou@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:30:18 -0700 (PDT)
Super information. Thank you very much. Really appreciate it.
--- MICHAEL MCCARTY <mmccarty@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry about that Larry, I was looking up the record in Fred's
> Head.
> Here's the text from that record.
>
> Speak That Blog!
>
> Two services that turn Web logs and news feeds into audio
> files can be
> found on the Web.
> Talkr.com
> and
> Speakwire.com
> both use text-to-voice technology to generate audio files from
> Web
> pages.
>
> If you can point
> Talkr.com
> to a Really Simple Syndication feed, it will convert it.
> Talkr.com
> can also provide you with a podcast of your favorite news
> sources, so
> you can have your own sort of radio newscasts downloaded to a
> portable
> player.
> Talkr.com
> is free if you listen to blogs that have arrangements with the
> service.
> A subscription plan is available if you want other blogs
> processed for
> playback.
>
> Speakwire
> is offered by CEC Systems, whose primary business is Speegle
> (www.speegle.co.uk),
> a search service that speaks the results of Web searches.
>
> Speakwire
> users can pick news feeds, collate them, and play them as a
> speaking
> newswire service. Speakwire news feeds by voice are available
> free at
> www.speakwire.com.
>
> CONTRIBUTOR
> Michael McCarty
>
> Visit the Talkr site at http://www.talkr.com
>
>
> Michael McCarty
> Fred's Head Database Coordinator
> American Printing House for the Blind
> Phone: 502 895-2405
> Fax: 502 899-2363
> www.aph.org
>
> >>> lskutchan@xxxxxxx 06/28/05 10:47AM >>>
> 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
> -------
>
> 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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