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Speakapedia integrates Wikipedia into the Mac experience by automatically importing chosen articles into iTunes as an album, with each section being a track. To visually keep track of audio files, the main picture found in the Wikipedia article is used as the tracks album art. Speech is clear and easy to follow as Speakapedia uses Alex, Apple's new leading edge English speaking voice which was unveiled in Mac OS X Leopard.
When processing a Wikipedia article, all non essential text is transparently filtered out, leaving just the main article text that is of interest. Additionally, users can choose which sections within an article they wish to convert to speech. The applications are endless - get the background on a place you are visiting, research a topic on the way to class or find the facts behind the news.
Feature highlights include:
* Choose an article using the familiar Wikipedia interface.
* Speak it! - Speakapedia will convert the article to speech.
* Listen to any chosen article in iTunes or on an iPod or iPhone.
Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* Intel Core 2 Duo CPU recommended
* 3.8 MB Hard Drive space
* Active internet connection
* iTunes
Speakapedia 1.0 is offered at an introductory price of only $9.95 USD which is valid until the end of August 2008, at which point the product will be $14.95 USD. It is available now and comes with a free 14 day trial period.
Shiny Development:
http://shinydevelopment.com/
Speakapedia 1.0:
http://shinydevelopment.com/speakapedia
Download Speakapedia:
http://shinydevelopment.com/download/speakapedia
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