tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post4937769528241027287..comments2009-02-21T08:01:16.815-08:00Alex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-41091179691816373832009-02-21T08:01:00.000-08:002009-02-21T08:01:00.000-08:00knol is a google's wikipedialuvhttp://anhoursite.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-63141731582935106412008-10-09T01:36:00.000-07:002008-10-09T01:36:00.000-07:00Very cool, and I could definitely see this being expanded to Google's other services as well as websites in general. <BR/><BR/>Consider the potential of a simple SOAP based web service model which any site owner could use to have their site content "text-to-speeched" on the fly.joelpthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01590272103564105944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-3477006417064345562008-10-08T00:05:00.000-07:002008-10-08T00:05:00.000-07:00Hi<BR/><BR/>I think that the audio web is the way forward. At ReadSpeaker we paved the way back in 1999 and have more than 2000 web sites which are speech-enabled with our technology. You can check out the International Herald Tribune for example at www.iht.com (click on any article and then on Listen to Article). We propose more than 20 languages including UK English, Japanese, Germa, Spanish, French, etc. You can find us at www.voice-corp.com.Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431095635159159218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-10365605698683793702008-10-07T10:20:00.000-07:002008-10-07T10:20:00.000-07:00I think it's the speech synthesizer from GOOG-411.Alex Chituhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02618542750965508582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-92013022555562587902008-10-06T11:13:00.000-07:002008-10-06T11:13:00.000-07:00Very nice sound to it. However, the minor issue I noticed was it doesn't understand the meaning or context of dashes (-) near numbers. <BR/>For the phrase: 10-15 it says "10 dash 15" instead of "10 to 15". <BR/>Then for: 50-100x, it says "50 minus 100 x" instead of "50 to 100 times".<BR/>But, overall, its pretty good.quenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-70943732228718122012008-10-06T07:35:00.000-07:002008-10-06T07:35:00.000-07:00It is great that google has started on that road. At www.dixerit.com we are speech-enabling hundreds of sites and can cover more than 20 languages, with inflections and all (Ian M, we also include non-American English, with a very high quality voice). Check red.es or ticinoonline.ch <BR/>Speech-enable blogs is feasible too ;-)Antonino Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-43055747966988553652008-10-06T06:16:00.000-07:002008-10-06T06:16:00.000-07:00That is extremely good speech synthesis - if only we could have it it a non-American accent ;-)Ian Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-25031246443386595262008-10-04T18:58:00.000-07:002008-10-04T18:58:00.000-07:00Absolut fantastic, the best speech synthesis I've ever heard. First I've thought it's from a human recorded (english is not my native language)<BR/>Please support other languages like German.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-70083985746285971032008-10-04T15:12:00.000-07:002008-10-04T15:12:00.000-07:00This is the best text-to-speech I've ever heard. How do they do the inflections I wonder? <BR/><BR/>This would be a great general Google feature and would put them even further out of reach for the other mega-datacenter services.macbeachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16570427618324025947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-78624902163685580902008-10-04T14:42:00.000-07:002008-10-04T14:42:00.000-07:00Amazing.Sheldonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01130948166758353095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-79596238453231321282008-10-04T13:48:00.000-07:002008-10-04T13:48:00.000-07:00It seems to read with inflections - cool!<BR/>Takes note of the commas and stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-23707517137298005202008-10-04T12:54:00.000-07:002008-10-04T12:54:00.000-07:00Sounds better than Microsoft SamGreghttp://reflectivecode.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18157064.post-29904947178293151142008-10-04T12:35:00.000-07:002008-10-04T12:35:00.000-07:00Very interesting. I hope more comes out of this.GavinOhttp://gavinovz.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com