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MT-Podcast removes human voice from podcasts.


MagneticTime (www.magnetictime.com), have announced MT-Podcast, which lets anyone produce podcasts without the need for voice recordings. MT-Podcast will be available in Q2 and will revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize  
tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es
1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage.

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 podcasting Recording a non-music audio broadcast (news, sports, discussion, etc.) in the MP3 format for playback in a digital music player. See podcast.  through deleting the need to record people speaking. Users need only write their script in a Word document, and let MT-Podcast be their podcast (iPOD broadCAST) An audio broadcast that has been converted to an MP3 file or other audio file format for playback in a digital music player or computer. The "pod" in podcast was coined from "iPod," the predominant portable, digital music player, and although podcasts are  announcer. MT-Podcast translates script into a natural sounding male or female voice in MP3 format, which can be posted on the internet as a podcast, as well as played on any MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats.  (including iPod, PDAs, mobile phones/cellphones, and PCs).

To create a podcast, people currently must read a script into a microphone microphone, device for converting sound into electrical energy, used in radio broadcasting, recording, and sound amplifying systems. Its basic component is a diaphragm that responds to the pressure or particle velocity of sound waves. , and then convert the recording into an MP3. MT-Podcast simplifies this process by automatically and accurately translating written Word documents to MP3 Podcasts without the need for recorded voice. MT-Podcast can also be used for training manuals and news services, and anywhere else where people have traditionally had to read and record written material.

MT-Podcast is based on MagneticTime's MT1 text to speech product for iPods, PCs, PDAs and mobile phone/cellphone (announced in November 2005), which lets users listen to emails and Word documents in MP3 format while traveling, commuting.

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Title Annotation:new product from MagneticTime
Publication:Software World
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Date:Mar 1, 2006
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