Computerized Podcasting

Thanks to an article over at AllBusiness.com, I’ve discovered a podcast tool that will convert your blog into a podcast.  It’s called Odiogo and all you have to do is sign up with your blog URL and it converts what you’ve written into a computerized  speech mp3 file.   I was intrigued even though I don’t normally have a lot of faith in the text to speech technologies out there.  My experience has shown that the computer generating of certain terminology and other idiosyncrasies of the English language.  But since it’s free to try out, I figured I’d give it a test drive. You’ll see the “Subscribe to My Podcast” button in the links on the right.  Feel free to leave comments and let me know what you think.

**Update**  I’ve already noticed a glitch. Even though I adjusted my RSS feed settings from summary to full text the way Odiogo instructed, I didn’t do it until after I received their e-mail and my blog had already been ‘read’.  So all of my current posts are just snippets instead of the entire post.  Hopefully when the service updates content it will correct this issue. 

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Tina Marie Hilton provides online technology services to forward thinking businesses. She writes on her Tips from T.Marie business blog to share insight and information with other small businesses and entrepreneurs. It also makes her feel like that certificate in creative writing isn't going to waste completely.

3 Comments

  1. Computerized Podcasting on June 16, 2008 at 7:06 am

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  2. Roy on June 16, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Hi

    You might also want to try http://www.vocalfruits.com. With this new web based podcasting service, any registered user can create a podcast from any RSS feed in no time. Other useful and innovative services include aggregating a number of RSS feeds into one podcast or creating your personal podcasts that you can update by emailing to your personal VocalFruits address. The service also provides for a web browser version and a mobile version ideal for listening to content on a mobile phone and other mobile devices. VocalFruits is equally a useful application for content owners to provide their readers with an audio output of their content.



  3. Roy on June 16, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Hi

    You might also want to try http://www.vocalfruits.com. With this new web based podcasting service, any registered user can create a podcast from any RSS feed in no time. Other useful and innovative services include aggregating a number of RSS feeds into one podcast or creating your personal podcasts that you can update by emailing to your personal VocalFruits address. The service also provides for a web browser version and a mobile version ideal for listening to content on a mobile phone and other mobile devices. VocalFruits is equally a useful application for content owners to provide their readers with an audio output of their content.



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