by Scott

Created

August 10, 2004

Christian Cantrell’s blog posting sums it up well- MXNA-aggregated news on your iPod, for either reading or listening. I just got back from my morning run listening to the latest articles- a very cool way to catch up with your news, check it out!

COMMENTS

  • By Steven Erat - 12:30 PM on August 10, 2004  

    This is a great contribution to the art and community of blogging, although I can’t imagine listening to “Fred” while jogging… that flat monotone just lacks that motivational pep :)

  • By Scott Fegette - 12:55 PM on August 10, 2004  

    Yep, I’d agree- although the voice choices are limited right now due to (IIRC) the open-source text-to-speech libraries Christian and Mike used to implement Takeaway. Fred’s working OK for long, tedious stretches of road/trail when I need to hit that meditative state of mind, but I can’t fathom listening to MXNA news thru the “Zarvox” voice… t’would be scary ;)

  • By John Dowdell - 2:10 PM on August 10, 2004  

    Maybe on April’s Fool Day we could sub in a Tweety-Bird voice or something…? ;-)jd

  • By Scott Fegette - 2:17 PM on August 10, 2004  

    owtch! that could be painful (but indeed funny)!

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