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Do you notice anything different?

17th July 2007
by Scot

Do you notice anything different?

posted in Vanity, Web |

OdiogoYou will, if you’re reading this post on our site and not from your RSS feed. Look up there. There’s a little icon that lets a computerized voice read this or any Just Giblets post to you! All courtesy of Odiogo. How cool is that? It almost sounds human. “I all most sound hoo mahn.” There’s even a supah-easy plugin for WordPress that does all the heavy lifting.

They market this thing as a lazy person’s gateway to podcasting, but I don’t know how practical that is. I’d rather podcast with my own voice. This guy don’t sing, for one thing. But I’ve always wanted to hear a computer say these things:

Life is a banquet! And most poor suckers are starving to death!

I cannt stann im!

I’m depraved onna cownna I’m deprived!

My NAME is MELINDA!!! Melinda, Winnifred, Wayne, Tentrees. And I am APPALLED. And STUNNED. At this OUTRAGEOUS… inquisition!

Oh, man, how cool is that?!

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  1. 1 On July 17th, 2007, Scot said:

    Aw bummer. I just figured out that Odiogo only converts the last 10 or so posts to speech. I was hoping to hear the one about Kitty’s leg sticking up cause it’s got an Icelandic word in it. That should be funny. Oh well. I assume that from here out, all the posts will be listenable!

    posted on July 17th, 2007 at 8:48 pm

  2. 2 On August 11th, 2007, All Things Web 2.0 (and a little more) Web 2.0 - Convert your post texts to speech with Odiogo! « said:

    [...] it did the same for every post.  And as I was going down their posts, I found one called “Do you notice anything different?” that explained more about [...]

    posted on August 11th, 2007 at 1:24 pm

  3. 3 On August 13th, 2007, Clear Blue Dei ~~~~~~~ Web 2.0 and a little more » Blog Archive » Web 2.0 - Convert your post texts to speech with Odiogo! said:

    [...] and it did the same for every post. And as I was going down their posts, I found one called “Do you notice anything different?” that explained more about [...]

    posted on August 13th, 2007 at 6:36 pm

  4. 4 On September 27th, 2007, Web 2.0 - Convert your post texts to speech with Odiogo! « My Weblog said:

    [...] and it did the same for every post. And as I was going down their posts, I found one called “Do you notice anything different?” that explained more about [...]

    posted on September 27th, 2007 at 10:56 pm

  5. 5 On June 24th, 2008, Pangeran said:

    Hello Scot,
    I’ve just found out about this Odiogo…

    Yeah, it’s very nice and the speech is 90% human like.
    I want to ask, is it free to use?

    Does odiogo charges you for any fee?

    And did you found anything better than Odiogo?

    Thanks for the info,

    Regards.

    posted on June 24th, 2008 at 10:55 pm

  6. 6 On June 25th, 2008, Scot said:

    I’ve not paid anything for Odiogo, but I think you found that out. I see you have signed up yourself for your blog. I haven’t looked for anything else, actually, though I’ve seen a couple other services. While I think it’s pretty fun, Odiogo isn’t terribly useful for our blog. Our content isn’t really *that* talky or conducive to podcast.

    Best of luck with your new blog.

    posted on June 25th, 2008 at 9:51 am

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