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Broadcastr: Listen To Location Based Audio Stories From Around The World

TehseenBaweja — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 21:01:58 +0000

Nobody can express your thoughts better than yourself. Broadcastr empowers you to express yourself to the world by uploading your audio and tying it to a specific location. Users can then browse the maps to discover thousands of stories from thousands of people in specific areas and listen to them.

Stories can also be searched via keywords or address, and can be filtered using categories such as arts, politics, nature and more. Users can rate each story, post comments and share it via a permanent URL. The Broadcastr service is available online as well as through the free iPhone app. Stories can also be added to a playlist for continuous listening. You can also follow users like Twitter to get continuous updates and save your favorite recordings by signing up for a free account.

Features:

Audio stories based on location.
Listen, comment and rate the stories.
Find by category, keyword or address.
Available on the web or via iPhone.
No registration required.

Visit Broadcastr @ www.beta.broadcastr.com [Via VentureBeat]

Booksshouldbefree: Get free downloadable audio books in mp3 & iTunes format

TehseenBaweja — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:01:04 +0000

Acting on the belief that books should be free for everyone, this website brings you thousands of free downloadable audio books in either MP3 or iTunes format. You can search for a book by title, author, keyword or browse through the collection by categories such as fiction, history and romance.

An audio preview of each book is available before you start downloading it. In addition to a very detailed description about the book, links are also provided to the full text of the book and also related Wikipedia articles. Each book listing also contains user reviews and ratings. The website contains free audio books in over a dozen languages that can be downloaded with a single click.

Features :

Download thousands of free audio books.
Download as MP3 or iTunes format.
Free audio preview included for each book.
Search by title or browse through categories.
No registration required.
Similar sites: AudioOwl, ThoughtAudio, NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Visit BooksShouldBeFree @ www.booksshouldbefree.com

AudioOwl: Get Free Audio Books For iPod

abhijeet — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:37:09 +0000

AudioOwl is an online repository of free audio books for iPod or any other Mp3 player. The audio books are neatly categorized under genres like children, adventure, fiction, comedy, fantasy and many more. You could either browse books by genre or search for them by title, author or keyword. When you click on a book, it provides you a brief description of the book, an audio preview and two download links – for iTunes and as mp3 files for each chapter in a zipped folder.

You would find the quality of audio recordings in the books to be quite good. That’s because the site fetches its downloads from Librivox where books are read and recorded by volunteers.

Features:

Free audio books download site.
Browse books by genre or search for them.
Download in the iTunes format or as mp3 file.
Downloads fetched from Librivox.
Similar tools: ThoughtAudio, NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Check out AudioOwl@ www.audioowl.com (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

FlickrPoet: Tell Story Through Pictures From Flickr

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:01:13 +0000

Got a story to tell or a poem to write? Do so with pictures from Flickr using FlickrPoet. Don’t worry, you won’t have to pull any images through Flickr, in fact you would not even need to go to Flickr.

Simply go to FlickrPoet and type a sentence. When you click on the ‘Show Story‘ button, FlickrPoet will browse the Flickr database and pull an image for each word/phrase used in your sentence. These images will be organized to provide you with a picture story.

Features:

Create a picture story.
Millions of Flickr images to choose from.
No registration required.
A different story every time you try.

Visit FlickrPoet @ FlickrPoet.com (Via Digital inspiration)

StoryBird: Create, Share & Read Storybooks Online

abhijeet — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:27:32 +0000

StoryBird is a cool new service for kids and parents which allows them to create nice looking storybooks online and then share them with family and friends. They can sign up and start writing stories easily. The site also features an art gallery that has all kinds of artworks which can be used in the stories.

Additionally to creating stories they can also read a story by other users and comment on them. The stories can be shared publicly as well as privately within a group of friends. It’s definitely a useful site for kids and helps to nurture their creativity and imagination.

Features

Create storybook online and share with others.
Lets to Include artworks of various kinds in the stories.
Stories can be shared privately or made public.
Print feature to be introduced soon.
For more similar sites check out our recent article “5 Websites That Keep Kids Busy & Happy“.

Check out Storybird @ www.storybird.com (By Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

ThoughtAudio: Lots of Free Full Audio Books

Kaly — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:30:48 +0000

If you are looking for downloadable audio books, ThoughtAudio.com is a good place to start. It lists lots of free full audio books. The collection consist of books from classic literature, history and philosophy, and includes well known titles such as The Call of the Wild, Sidhartha, Metamorphosis… etc. You can browse books, listen to them online and download the ones you like as an mp3 file.

Features:

Download free online audio books in MP3 format.
Download as many book as you like.
Browse books and listen online.
Free and no registration.
Paid account that provides Ziped downloadss also available.
Similar sites: NewFiction, WellToldTales, PodioBooks and LibriVox.

Check out ThoughtAudio @ www.thoughtaudio.com

StoryTop: Story Board App for Making Cartoonish Stories

azim — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:55:26 +0000

StoryTop is a simple story board app for kids and teachers. Using this web tool you can create multiple page cartoon-like stories and share them online with others. Unlike other similar tools the StoryTop is also very easy to use.

First drag background, characters and other objects from the menu onto the page. Next add your text and save it. To share the story grab the URL and forward to anyone you want.

Features:

Online story board for creating multi-page stories.
Add text, backgrounds, people and other objects by dragging them from the left column.
Create unlimited number of stories.
Save/delete stories in your account.
Share stories with others by forwarding the URL.

Check out StoryTop @ www.storytop.com

Storyz: Easily Create And Share Stories Through Cellphone

abhijeet — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:20:56 +0000

Although Storyz can be used from the web too, it would prove more useful for cellphone users. As the name suggests, it helps you create a story or an account of an event complete with pictures and video, easily from the web and your cellphone. It also has a mobile version of its site where you can sign up and then start creating stories instantly. You can then invite friends by SMS to participate and contribute to your story, helping it to grow into a discussion.

Features

Easily create and share stories
Use it from the web or cellphone
Add text, pictures and video
Invite friends to participate and discuss
iPhone app available
Free sign up

Check out Storyz @ www.storyz.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

NewFiction: Really Cool Free Audio Books Site

Kaly — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:27:44 +0000

NewFiction brings you new generation audio books. Here you can freely subscribe to a variety of cool iSoaps (new type of audio books similar to old-time serial radio dramas) and listen to them online. The site takes original stories and dramatizes them with voices of dedicated actors and actresses.

You can play episodes online, get it as podcast and play it in your feedreader, or download play episodes on your portable device (iPod, cell phone, or PDA device)

Moreover, site lets you interact with other users, meet new people and discuss your favorite iSoaps. And if you have writing, artistic or musical skills, NewFiction invites you to submit your own work or collaborate on current projects. If they like your works they might even help you to produce and promote it.

Features:

Subscribe and listen to iSoaps (audio books) online
Get iSoaps delivered via web, podcast, or email.
Play audio books on your computer, iPod, cell phone, or PDA device.
Interact with other users and disscuss your favorite iSoaps.
Submit your own stories.

Check out NetFiction @ www.newfiction.com

Yodio: Give Voice to your Pictures and Stories

abhijeet — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Do you love narrating stories with pictures instead of just writing them down and publishing them online with pictures ? If yes, then Yodio could be the right choice for you. It lets you upload your favorite pictures and add your voice to them i.e you can narrate your story behind those favorite pictures. It is a free web based service and in fact you can even put your Yodios for sale which would fetch of 20% of the revenue generated from them.

How it works ?

Also check Earfl , a site which I described earlier and does almost a similar job.

Check out Yodio @ www.yodio.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )