NewsAloud

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Publisher: NextUp Technologies
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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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Did Advil Create This to Boost Their Sales?

By Seth Busching on Tue, 2006-10-17 06:42
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
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
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
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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News Aloud- Sounds Like Aliens Communicating With Earth

By FinalFantasyFan on Tue, 2006-05-23 16:42
Pros: Very easy to use
Cons: It gathers mainly business news, the voice does not sound natural or human and gets annoying quickly
News Aloud is nothing more than a nuisance; it’s not a helpful piece of software. Its main aim is suppose to gather interesting articles from places like Reuters and Yahoo. It is suppose to be...
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News-A-loud-Should-Be-Mu-ted

By marymag on Mon, 2006-05-15 05:36
Pros: Deleting it was a pleasure.
Cons: See above.
NextUp Technology has just released its new software “NewsAloud”. They claim it “can retrieve full news stories from some of the major news sites on the web and then speak the stories aloud”....