The other night, I was catching up on blog feeds and I inadvertently discovered something wholly awesome.
The feeds you love are best experienced late at night, and read to you by a synthetic robot voice. Text To Speech! How novel!
Here’s some help:
- Windows
- Apple OS X
- Linux (Ok, if you’re adept enough to use Linux, you can figure this out for yourself)
Set your reader to a female voice, and have her read these:
- Ready for a Rant? Let’s go. (Courtney903)
- Houston, We Have A Problem (deutlich)
- Bruises on the fruit/ Tender Age in Bloom (Gina Clover)
Am I right? Okay, now try a male voice on these:
- The DANGLE Initiative (f.B)
- Closing the Bree Chapter (Starting Over @ 24)
- From the Archives (My Heart’s Porch)
I’m giving you only three from each gender to get you started. These are just the few that I wanted to hear read aloud to me, and it adds a whole ‘nother dimension to blogging. Cadences are changed to ways you wouldn’t think of things said in your head.
Fun little exercise.
Anyway, back to work for me.
Thanks for the shout out.
I think I’ll pick a blogger to do that with and then choose to believe they’re a robot.
thanks. I’m actually nervous about what my imagination sounds like robotized. but now I have something to do after happy hour tonight.
It’s really fun to have the robot voice read something really dirty. Yes, I’m easily amused.
you know? i tried and i couldn’t figure it out. i swear i’m not computer stupid.
well, and also, apparently my computer only has a male voice. no fun.