Bitchin' Blog Posts : Macs

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: New Sonys Ahoy

August 05, 2009 | Wednesday | 42 Comments

Dubbed the “Pocket” and the “Touch,” Sony has released formal data about the two new digital book readers they plan to release later this month - earlier than they planned, after a few tech blogs posted pictures when J&R music listed them for sale prematurely (oops!) The NY Times and Engadget have more info, as does USA Today and a whole heap of other folks. The Pocket Reader will be $199 and the Touch Reader will be $299 US retail. The highlights I’m most curious about: Sony’s eBook Library software 3.0, which now includes support for many Macs as well… read more »

Got Mac? Wanna make your own Audiobooks?

April 15, 2008 | Tuesday | 10 Comments

Today’s MacZot is lovely interesting if you’re into hearing your own books: Narrator reads text aloud, using multiple voices if you’d like. Once you’ve selected a portion of text you want to hear, you can identify which voice reads what, and then export the whole thing to iTunes. Make your own audio books? Listen to your work in progress as an editing technique? Ask the different voices to read vaguely obscene phrases so you can giggle like a 10-year-old boy? Whatever blows your skirt up. Very cool. read more »

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