NewsAloud

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Publisher: NextUp Technologies
Price: $17.95
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NewsAloud personal news agent finds the stories you want, then reads them aloud in a natural, human sounding voice.

In this age of information overload, do you find yourself buried just from trying to keep up with the latest news? How about a solution that uses the unique power of the Internet to deliver personalized content to your desktop, or even better, to your portable device?

Stop plowing through email or spending hours surfing the net for the news that interests you. Instead let NewsAloud do it so you can listen while you work on something else, or get your news to go and listen while you excercise, commute, or get outside for a change.

Now available with the exciting new Natural Voices from AT&T. Get these voices on your PC and experience text-to-speech quality previously available only in a server-based environment.

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21st century radio

By criticalgreg on Tue, 2008-06-24 02:00
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Pros: Cheap, easy way to listen to the news
Cons: speech is rendered poorly
When writing this review, I went back and read the description of the program. I nearly choked on my sandwich when I read that NewsAloud spoke in a "natural, human sounding voice." The unfortunate...
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Outdated and Complicated

By pplude92 on Mon, 2008-06-16 02:09
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Pros: Familiar for someone who still uses Windows 98
Cons: Bad Interface No Connectivity to internet Only support IPv4 stacks
The install of this program went as expected, without a hitch. The selection of feeds could have been layed out better, with an option for adding your own feeds, especially in this day and age. It...
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Wasting time searching for articles? This is your godsend!

By thecritic on Tue, 2008-01-08 14:04
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Pros: Ease of use. Powerful and personalized search capabilities. Only $17.95! Everything!! Buy now!
Cons: You dont have it yet!!!
NewsAloud personal news brings the hottest topics to you like an enthusiastic paperboy. This application will not only search for news based on your interests. It will also read it to you using a...
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Son of Sam...Microsoft Sam returns..kidna

By tehArtist on Tue, 2007-09-25 05:12
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Pros: Are you kidding?
Cons: tacky, outdated interface, Robotic voices
I was highly disappointed when I opened up the options of the demo and did not see the voice of Microsoft Sam, or at least one that was similar to it. Not much can truly be said of this disastrous...
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Don't be lazy

By aditya_92 on Sat, 2007-09-15 22:36
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Pros: Easy to use. Good functionality.
Cons: Unnatural voice. Crude interface. Too expensive.
At first glance, I was quite impressed by the functionality and usefulness of NextUp Technologies' NewsAloud. However, after reviewing 15+ text-to-speech converters, I wasn't much impressed by the...
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Worthless news

By mooizz on Fri, 2007-04-20 22:07
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Pros: A simple programme with quite a range of topics.
Cons: Practically useless. Just a news reader for $18 !.. Useless
Fianlly a software has been created for all those News readers who cannot read !.. So the question arises, What is the use of this software ?!.. The answer is nothing. News reader is one of the...
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Did Advil Create This to Boost Their Sales?

By Seth Busching on Tue, 2006-10-17 06:42
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Pros: - Wide selection of news feed topics
Cons: - Extremely limited news sources (only Yahoo and Reuters) - Entirely unattractive and confusing interface - HORRIBLE speech rendering
To say the least, this program is cumbersome. When you first open it, a prompt asks what news feeds you would like to receive. You are given a rather broad selection, ranging from Sports to Business....
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News Aaahh LOUD

By softpro on Fri, 2006-08-25 11:49
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Pros: Good for the visually challenged, has an option to view text and the web site containing the news.
Cons: The Broken voice.
I guess my grandmother wouldn’t mind using this tool since she has a hard time remembering where she keeps her glasses. This time she just would need to turn on ‘NewsAloud’. Lo and behold…...
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A Harbinger of Good News

By thepinkbandit on Wed, 2006-07-12 05:29
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Pros: Simple to use. Stay current on current events while doing something else.
Cons: The voice.
Reminds me of the song, "Video Killed the Radio Star," except now, it's the newscaster falling victim. I admit, the voice is a bit jarring, and technology needs to catch up with the concept before...
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The point being?????

By Eliot Hagen on Sun, 2006-05-28 17:50
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Pros: Good for researchers, Finds stories from many sources
Cons: Impractical for the average person, an unecessary expense
Allow me to introduce you to a remarkable invention; no, it's not NewsAloud; it's called RADIO. It's truly a magnificent technological feat--by tuning to frequencies appropriated for News Programs,...
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