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DriveSafe.ly: Hands Free Texting While Driving

]]> DriveSafe.ly is a mobile app with a noble purpose – help drivers avoid touching the phone in order to reply to text messages while driving. Yes, it introduces the concept of hands-free texting while driving. It reads the text messages and emails aloud and can also automatically respond to them to let your contacts know you are driving.

The free version of app can read 25 words per message (premium version available), works on Blackberry & Android (other versions coming soon), is easy to activate and use, compatible with Bluetooth and radio transmitter and allows you to customize a lot of things. Really cool.

hands free texting

texting while driving

Features:

  • Hands free texting while driving.
  • Currently works on Blackberry and Android phones (other versions coming soon).
  • Reads your messages to you and sends an automatic response.
  • Easy to use. Compatible with Bluetooth.

Check out DriveSafe.ly @ www.driveSafe.ly (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)



DriveSafe.ly: Hands Free Texting While Driving

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Text-to-Speech: Hear What You Are Typing

]]> Text-To-Speech is a simple online text to speech converter tool that lets you hear what you are typing. The application can read entered text aloud. It can read the text as you type, line per line, the selected part or the whole text.

You can also use it as an online writer where you type and avoid keying errors by listening to your text, or simply use it to improve your typing speed and spelling.

hear what you are typing

Features:

  • Hear what you type.
  • Can reads the text as you type or per line.
  • Make it read the whole text or just the highlighted part.
  • Doesn’t require sign up.

Check out Text-to-Speech @ speech.japplis.com



Text-to-Speech: Hear What You Are Typing

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BlindSpeak: Text To Voice Email Service

]]> BlindSpeak is a new text to voice email application that lets you convert text into speech and then forward it to any email address. The recipient will get both an MP3 file and a link to the online Flash player to play the message.

Currently users can send up to 5 messages a day. All created messages will be hosted on BlindSpeak for 30 day period and then deleted.

text to voice email

Features:

  • Convert text to speech and send to any email address.
  • Recipient gets both an MP3 file and a link to the flash player.
  • Send at most 5 messages per day.
  • Play and hear your messages before sending them.
  • Messages are stored online for 30 Days.
  • No registration needed.
  • For similar apps see MakeUseOf’s text to speech section.

Check out BlindSpeak @ www.blindspeak.com (via webware)



BlindSpeak: Text To Voice Email Service

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iSpeech: Convert Websites & Docs To MP3 Audio

]]> Using iSpeech you can convert websites, RSS feeds, blogs and documents (Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint, Rich Text File, HTML etc.) to speech. All you have to do is upload the document (say some PDF file) or enter the address of the site/feed you want to convert to speech and click on “Convert” button.

pdf to mp3

Once the conversion is complete you can:

- playback and listen to it online,
- download and store the recording on your PC,
- podcast it,
- or embed it as an audio object on any site and let others play it as well

Features:

  • Convert websites, RSS feeds, blogs and documents to audio.
  • Do as many conversions as you like.
  • Convert DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, PDF, RTF and HTML docs to speech.
  • Play and listen to converted recordings online.
  • Download recording as an MP3 file.
  • Similar websites: YakiToMe and SpokenText.

Check out iSpeech @ www.ispeech.org



iSpeech: Convert Websites & Docs To MP3 Audio

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PimpMyNews: Listen To your Favorite News And Blogs

]]> Bored with reading feeds in your feed reader? Going through the pages of the same blog everyday seems monotonous ? Why not add a human touch to your everyday reading.

pimpmynews

Instead of reading your favorite blog, now you can listen to it. PimpMyNews is a website which lets you do just that. It converts text on your favorite blog posts and news site into a recorded voice which you can listen on your PC, mp3 player, iPod or iPhone. You can get your favorite posts delivered to you and listen to them when you’re on the road. Also you can share and rate your favorite posts.

rss to voice

I should also mention that this app delivers almost accurate results. I tried it with a few blogs in it’s list and the conversion from text to speech was accurate and impressive. You can also report mispronunciations and new blog feeds to them so that they can make the required changes.

Check out PimpMyNews @ www.pimpmynews.com. ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )



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HearWho: Text to MP3 Converter

]]> Online text to MP3 converter that takes text and converts it to an audio file that can be downloaded and played on iPod or any other mp3 player. Users can also choose between the gender of the person reading the text and voice quality. Depending on the text length, conversion may take anywhere from 5 seconds to 5 minutes.

text to MP3 conversion

Features:

  • Convert text to MP3 audio online.
  • Download and save MP3s to your computer using right-click “Save as …” option.
  • Choose voice gender (male or female) and voice quality (best or good).
  • Supports converstion of text in English and Spanish languages.
  • No registration required.

Converting text to speech is nothing new and we have already covered a bunch of very similar web services

Check out HearWho @ www.hearwho.com



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YakiToMe : Convert Text Files to Speech

]]> YakiToMe is a web-based text to speech application that allows you to convert text files to MP3 or WAV audio files which can be later downloaded and played on your MP3 player. It is a great free service for converting practically anything into voice and listen to it on the go. It is also possible to playback converted text files online. Convert RSS feeds, word documents, ebooks etc.

YakiToMe - Convert Text Files to Speech

Features :

  • Covert text documents to MP3 or WAV audio files.
  • Supported file formats: .doc, .pdf, .txt, .html, RSS and eMail.
  • Download and save audio files to your computer or portable device.
  • Search and subscribe to files created by other users.
  • Share audio files with others by making them public.
  • Works with documents in English, French and Spanish.
  • Voice, speech speed, pronunciation controls are available.

Check out YakiToMe @ www.yakitome.com



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ReadTheWords : Convert Text Documents to Speech

]]> ReadTheWord can convert text to speech and then read it out for you. It can read from text directly, text documents (PDF, MS Word, HTML ETC.), web pages and RSS feeds. The conversion is quite fast and takes about 1 minute to generate 1 hour long recording. There are also several voice characters to choose from. To get started simply copy’n paste (or upload) the text, select your reader and you’re ready to listen. Want recording on your iPod? No problem, you can download your readings in several formats and play them on pretty much any device.

ReadTheWord - Convert Text Documents to Speech

Features:

  • Convert text material to speech.
  • Convert as many text files as you like.
  • Supported text sources: PDF, MS Word, HTML, Text file, web page and RSS feeds.
  • Download and play your text recording on computer, iPod or other mp3 player.
  • Reading speed: Adjust reader’s speed before you create a recording.
  • English, Spanish and French languages supported.
  • 14 voices characters to choose from.
  • Embed ready recordings onto your blog or website.
  • Very fast text to speech conversion.
  • For more details check out ReadTheWord FAQ page.

Visit ReadTheWords @ [ www.readthewords.com ]



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BlogBoard : Convert Blog Feeds to Speech

]]> Want your blog content read back to you? BlogBoard is a free service that converts regular text feeds to speech. Converted feeds can be accessed and played from any web-enabled PC or mobile phone. There are two ways to add new blogs/feeds to Blogboard: you can either add stuff manually by entering blog URLs or import your existing subscriptions from Google Reader or Bloglines account. Make sure to give it a try below before you go and start adding feeds.

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Features

  • Convert any RSS-enabled website to speech.
  • Add blogs manually or import your subscriptions from Google Reader (or Bloglines) account.
  • Mobile users: Access and listen to feeds from iPhone.
  • Download feeds and listen to them in iTunes or iPod.
  • Publishers: Allow readers to listen to your articles by embedding a BlogBoard player (see below).

See it action on MUO feeds:

Go to BlogBoard @ [ www.blogbard.com ]



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PedioPhon: Text-To-Speech Converter for Wikipedia

]]> Simple web app to lookup and convert Wikipedia articles to MP3 recordings. Once converted, you can either stream audio recordings straight from a browser window or download and store it on your PC or portable player (iPod, MP3 player or mobile phone). No email or registration required.

PedioPhon - Text-To-Speech Converter for Wikipedia

Feature List:

  • Convert Wikipedia articles to MP3 audio recordings.
  • Stream recordings online or download to your PC.
  • Access from mobile: Send Pediophon a text message incl. the querry you’re interested in (Abraham Lincoln, NASA, etc.). Wait for a couple of minutes. Dial the same number and listen to Wikipedia’s entry for the provided term.*
  • Supported languages: French, English and German.

* Regular calling and SMS (text messaging) fees apply.

Check out PedioPhon @ pediaphon.fernuni-hagen.de



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SpokenText : Online Text-To-Speech Converter

]]> SpokenText is a fully-automated web-based text to speech converter that can take almost any text document (PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint, RSS feeds, emails, web pages, etc.) and convert it to audio file. This file can be shared online with others and also downloaded as an iPod book or regular MP3 file.

Online Text-To-Speech Software

SpokenText – Feature List:

  • Upload text documents and convert them to speech.
  • ‘SpokenText’ Firefox extension: Select text from any webpage and send it to SpokenText converter with just one click.
  • Store, manage and share generated audio recordings online.
  • Download converted audio recordings as an iPod book or MP3 file.
  • Stream converted recordings online using SpokenText audio player.
  • Embed recordings on your blog or website.
  • Supported file types: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Word (.doc) – up to 2003 version, PowerPoint (.ppt) up to 2003 version, Plain text (.txt) and HTML (.htm / .html).
  • Maximum allowed file size: 981.4 KB. If your file is larger, you can split it into a number of smaller files and record them separately.
  • Supported text languages: English, French and German.

Check out SpokenText @ www.spokentext.net



SpokenText : Online Text-To-Speech Converter

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