Select and Speak is a handy extension for Google Chrome that allows users to listen to text from almost any website. The extension has a list of voices (accents) to choose from; you can choose any of the voices that you recognize the clearest and the easiest. To get started, simply install the extension and [...]
Text-to-speech lets you automatically have a voice read pieces of text, and sharing the converted speech means you do not have to read out the text yourself. Normally to share the converted speech you have to electronically send somebody the speech file. But using a service called QR Voice, you can conveniently and quickly send [...]
Chrome Speak, as the name suggests, is an add-on that enables the Chrome browser to read content selected on a website in a human voice. So basically, you can select a paragraph on a webpage, right click on it, go to the Chrome Speak option (assuming you have it installed) and then click “Read the [...]
When you are in the middle of a task and reminded to add something to your to-do list, you are often discouraged by the thought of using your phone’s keypad to type the entire task. Thus apps that let you create to-do lists should support speech-to-text so you can quickly add tasks to list by [...]
After a night of intense studying or research, you simply do not have the stamina to go through another webpage. What you could really use is for somebody to read out the webpage to you. This immensely useful service is exactly what a tool called Announcify offers. Announcify is a browser extension for Google Chrome [...]
While there are many applications out there for translation, they still lack immensely for people to easily converse in foreign languages. But an application called Vocre might have finally bridged the gap left by other translation apps. Vocre is a user-friendly smartphone application. The app is sized at 12.9 MB and requires an iPod touch, [...]
If you have heard the robotic announcements in railway stations and other public places, and wondered whether there was always a human sitting behind the mic, then you need to acquaint yourself with a phenomenon called speech synthesis. This is the process of artificially producing a human voice from the computer. Festvox is an online [...]
With millions of users buzzing on Twitter from around the world, one often wonders which ones are in your area and what they are talking about. iHearNetwork is an Android app that identifies tweets being sent in your area and reads them out to you so you don’t have to focus on reading them yourself. [...]
Android phone owners have a number of free applications that can make their life easier. For example many people like to stay in touch with the news and weather. Zazu is one Android app that can read the news and weather out to you whenever you want. Zazu is a free app and sized at [...]
There are a number of note taking applications for iOS devices. But most of them offer very basic functionality without note organization. If you are looking for a plain text editor and organizer, check out Plain Text. Plain Text is a free application for iOS devices. Sized at 1.3 MB the app requires your iPod [...]