FlicFlac is a tiny desktop tool for Windows. The app comes in a ZIP archive that includes the program’s EXE file. This file does not require any installation and will run even on systems where you do not have installation privileges. The program opens up in a small window. You can drag and drop your audio files into this window and have them converted. Remember to select the output format before you drag files. Supported output formats include FLAC, WAV, MP3, OGG, and APE.

Your converted file is saved in the same folder as the original file. Details of the conversion such as bit rate can be set in a submenu that appears in the program.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Windows computers.
• Lets you convert audio file formats.
• Supports FLAC, WAV, MP3, OGG, and APE output formats.
• Lets you control audio bit rate.
• Does not require installation.
• Similar tool: ConvertVideoToAudio.

Check out FlicFlac @ www.sector-seven.net/software/flicflac (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

A good thing about this app is that it synchronizes the reading with Google Reader, meaning it automatically marks those articles as read after it has played them. This might well be the go-to app for people who usually have a lot of unread items in their Google Reader and do not get the time to attend to them.

Features

• Listen to your RSS feeds on your Android phone.
• Free to use.
• Syncs with Google Reader, marks content read after playing them.
• Similar tools: Pimpmynews and BlogBoard,

Check out WebTalks @ market.android.com/details?id=es.jmot.lwh.free (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

Sonalight Text by Voice is a phone application for Android devices. The app is sized at 5.8 MB and compatible with Android 2.2 and later. With the app installed and active, it automatically reads out loud the messages you receive. After a ‘trigger phrase’ the app can be activated to convert your speech into text; using this you can tell your phone whom you want your messages sent to and what those messages should include.

The app runs in the background and waits for your trigger phrase to begin the speech-to-text conversion.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with Android devices.
• Reads out loud your text messages.
• Lets you speak into your phone to have your texts types automatically.
• Also read related articles: How To Make Your Mobile Phone Smarter With SMS/MMS and How To Use Google Voice To Blog Over The Phone.

Check out Sonalight Text by Voice @ market.android.com/details?id=com.sonalight (via Lifehacker) (by MOin from Urban Savior)

The app is fairly simple and easy to use. Go to the “Groups” tab, create a new group and add your friends to it from your phonebook, or find any of your Facebook and Twitter friends on Yiip and add them. Once a chat is established, record a message and leave it. Your friends will automatically be notified. You can even add different filters and effects to your recorded voice messages.

If you want, you can just let the Yiip recording go Public so other people may hear it and thus a social network is established.

Features

• Free and easy to use.
• Recording voice-messages and share with friends, or public.
• Converting voice messages into text.
• Ability to add sound effects, voice clips into Yiip recordings.
• Hearing voice clips on-the-go.

Check out Yiip @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/yiip/id460594894?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 (via Mashable) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Tweet Speaker is a simple and effective Twitter client for iOS devices which reads your Twitter timeline. You can choose to listen to tweets from your timeline, mentions or any other list you have created on Twitter. There is a radio like-dial which can be adjusted to listen to your Twitter timeline at a specific time i.e. the time when the tweet was posted and so on. It even allows you to synchronize the app with other Twitter clients so that you can listen to your tweets from where you left off reading. The speed at which the app reads your tweets can be adjusted as well.

Tweet Speaker can be downloaded from the App Store for $2.99.

Features

• Simple and easy to use.
• User friendly interface.
• Listen to your Twitter timeline, mentions or lists.
• Synchronize with other Twitter clients.
• Adjustable reading speed.

Check out Tweet Speaker @ http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweet-speaker-listen-to-twitter/id467295700?mt=8 (via The Next Web) (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Vocalyse is an excellent online utility which helps you listen to your favorite blog or website even if you are busy with your office work or any other project in real time. The web service makes managing playlists easy and simple as websites are categorized according to the market they cover e.g Technology, Business and more.

To create your own custom playlist, just click on My Playlists, select the category and it will show you all the blogs listed under that category. Just add the news source you want to listen to and click on the Save Favorites button. All you then have to do is click on the Listen button to listen to real time news from your favorites. If you want, you can sign up for an account so you can manage and save your playlists online and access them from any computer or mobile device.

Features

• Free and easy to use.
• Listen to news in real time.
• Manage playlists and access them anywhere.
• Available on iOS and Android devices.
• Similar tools: BlogRadio and SpokenText.

Check out Vocalyze @ www.vocalyze.com (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Vimeo Music Store is powered by Audiosocket, a music licensing company which is providing Vimeo with over 30,000 tracks while Free Music Archive (FMA) is offering up to 11,000 songs licensed under Creative Commons. The service provides users with 3 types of licensing options: Free Creative Common Licenses, $1.99 per track for personal, non-commercial web use and $98 per track for commercial, professional web use.

All you have to do is search the genre or type of music you are looking for and it will show the tracks available. For instance, I searched using a genre and it generated the results based on those results. You can choose the type of licensing you want and add the track to your video.

Features

• Add music tracks to your videos.
• 3 different licensing options.
• Powered by Audiosocket and FMA.
• Similar tools: StockMusicBoutique, The Freesound Project, Soungle, FindSounds, as3sfxr, SoundSnap, FreeSFX and SoundJay.
• Also read related article: Top 5 Sites For Free Sound Effects Downloads.

Check out Vimeo Music Store @ http://vimeo.com/musicstore (By Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Call2Record provides you with a phone number that you can call and press # to pause and resume your recording. When you hang up you are sent the URL of your recording as an SMS message. If you use the service without registering for an account your recordings can be only 20 seconds long and you can use only your cellphone. But after registering for an account you can purchase more recording minutes and add a landline. You will then be able to record through your landline and receive the URL containing the text message on your cellphone.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you record audio through your phone.
• Supports recording through cellphone as well as landlines.
• Texts you URL of recording.
• Similar tools: Recordable and Call Graph.
• Also read related article: Record Your Skype Calls On Windows and Mac.

Check out Call2Record @ www.calltorecord.com (by MOin from Urban Savior)

YourListen is a free to use web service that lets visitors browse audio clips and share their own audio files with others. Your first step in using the site should be registering for a new account. Once you log in you can upload any MP3 file stored on your computer. Links to your uploaded file can then be shared with friends on social networks. Site users can also comment on your audio’s page at YourListen.

Site visitors can find your audio and others by browsing the site’s clips or searching for them using clip names or tags.

YourListen also offers its users an iOS application priced at $0.99 that lets iOS device owners browse site audio and record audio to upload it directly to their YourListen audio.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you upload and share audio clips.
• Supports MP3 file formats.
• Lets you browse, stream, and download audio from the site.
• Offers an iOS application.

Check out YourListen @ http://yourlisten.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Skype Voice Changer is a free to use desktop application coded in C# for Windows. It acts as a Skype add-on that adds effects to voices being transmitted through Skype. The app lets you control various aspects of your voice such as the number of voices, the frequency, pitch fudge factor, and looping voices. Providing a variety of effects, the app will enable you to have lots of fun with your Skype contacts.

Features:

• A user-friendly tool.
• Compatible with Windows.
• Adds voice effects to Skype.
• Provides various effects and voice customization options.

Check out Skype Voice Changer @ http://skypefx.codeplex.com (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)