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Speakapedia
Speakapedia 1.1
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Listen to any Wikipedia article on your Mac, iPod, or iPhone.   Shareware ($9.95)
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Speakapedia... Listen to any Wikipedia article on your Mac, iPod or iPhone. Get the background on the place you're visiting, research a topic on the way to class or find the facts behind the news. Then manage everything seamlessly within iTunes.

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3.

1. Choose your article using the familiar wikipedia interface.
2. Speak it! Speakapedia will convert your article to speech.
3. Listen to your article in iTunes or on your iPod or iPhone.
What's New
Version 1.1:
  • Added search history drop down menu for the toolbar search box.
  • Added browser text sizing menu items to the View menu.
  • Current article title is now displayed on main window title bar.
  • Added "Copy Current Page URL" menu item to allow the URL of the Wikipedia article to be copied to the clipboard.
  • Improved error reporting screen for web errors when browsing Wikipedia.
  • Articles are now padded with a small amount of silence so that the move between sections is more noticeable.
  • During the Speakapedia free trial, the window title now show trial expiry information.
  • Rearranged the spacing of the default toolbar to be slightly clearer.
  • Many more enhancements.
Version 1.1:
  • Added search history drop down menu for the toolbar search box.
  • Added browser text sizing menu items to the View menu.
  • Current article title is now displayed on main window title bar.
  • Added "Copy Current Page URL" menu item to allow the URL of the Wikipedia article to be copied to the clipboard.
  • Improved error reporting screen for web errors when more...
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later, iTunes, internet connection.






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CA commented on 18 Jul 2008
Argh!!! It only works under Mac OS 10.5 and I have 4.11 :(
[Version 1.0.1]


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Robert Coogan commented on 06 Jul 2008
Very good idea and works well except for one problem. When reading from the page, it does not distinguish between sentences - so when it comes to the end of a sentence, it doesn't pause to signify the end of one sentence and the start of another.
[Version 0.9.4]

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Shiny Development (developer) replied on 07 Jul 2008
Hi Robert

We do try to insert full stops into the text that gets synthesized from the Wikipedia text wherever they would be useful or natural. For example, after every heading and subheading.

If you have a specific example of an article that is not speaking correctly, please do let me know by e-mailing support@shinydevelopment.com with the details of it and I will take a look at how it is being processed.

Thanks for the feedback,
Dave
burypromote

+39
Ca had trouble on 16 May 2010
The download link doesn't work I'm afraid...
[Version 1.1]


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Downloads:1,647
Version Downloads:962
Type:Multimedia & Design : Audio
License:Shareware
Date:07 Oct 2008
Platform:PPC / Intel
Price: $9.95
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Speakapedia... Listen to any Wikipedia article on your Mac, iPod or iPhone. Get the background on the place you're visiting, research a topic on the way to class or find the facts behind the news. Then manage everything seamlessly within iTunes.

It's as simple as 1, 2, 3.

1. Choose your article using the familiar wikipedia interface.
2. Speak it! Speakapedia will convert your article to speech.
3. Listen to your article in iTunes or on your iPod or iPhone.
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