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August 29, 2006
Free Audio Editor
Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder
This is a good, free audio file editor program. The only problems I had with it are that it requires a separate installation of the LAME encoder in order to save MP3 files and when I told it to save my work as its own project format, it deleted my original MP3 I was working from. I reported the latter problem.
Other than that, it's great. It's no GarageBand, but I didn't need anything that fancy anyway.
Posted by lsloan at 08:42 AM | Comments (0)
Eerie Moving Lips
On the U-M Mac SIG mailing list today, I read a thread about somebody looking for text-to-speech software that could save the audio as a file. One respondent suggested Vox Machina. I thought this software may come in handy if it works well.
I found that the software does work well enough and it has some nice features, like recording to MP3 and allowing the ID3 tags to be set, etc. But it has one feature that's very entertaining, in an erie way. If you enable the lip-syncing feature, it shows a moving mouth that speaks the words. I think it's a little unsettling because it's only a mouth, like it' been cut from somebody's face. And it moves.
You've got to see it.
Posted by lsloan at 08:11 AM | Comments (0)
August 11, 2006
Scrolling Belt Buckle?
Yes, you can get that:
ScrollingBuckle.com | The Electronic Scrolling LED Belt Buckle. Only $29.99!
Posted by lsloan at 03:50 PM | Comments (0)
August 10, 2006
Malay is Agglutinative
My friend Kevin, a linguist (among other things), pointed out that Malay (Bahasa Melayu) is an example of an agglutinative language.
Posted by lsloan at 10:19 AM | Comments (0)
August 08, 2006
Topless Sandals
This is very odd. Flip-flops that stick to the soles of your feet.
Posted by lsloan at 11:29 AM | Comments (0)
August 07, 2006
XnView image viewer for Pocket PC
Looks like a useful tool for Pocket PC.
Posted by lsloan at 11:23 AM | Comments (0)