Turn blog feeds into audio
If you're hard of hearing or simply don't have time to read your blog feeds then Textcast can provide you with the perfect solution. It can turn any text or text feed (such as a blog RSS feed) into audio that can be played using a variety of voices on your Mac. You can then save these to iTunes and listen to them on your iPod or iPhone. It's very easy to use too.
The default voice is "Alex" but you can change this to over 20 different other voices including "Vicki", "Kathy" and the rather amusing "Pipe Organ". Alex is also optimized for fast rates, allowing you to quickly plow through even lengthy texts. The speed and clarity of recognition is impressive, but there are of course certain words that are almost impossible to understand. It's also rather annoying having to listen to a robotic voice for more than 5 minutes.
Textcast is a great tool for anyone that is hard of seeing or doesn't have time to listen to their blog feeds and doesn't mind listening to a robot!
