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Listen to Wikipedia on Your MP3 Player with Pediaphon
Posted by Adam Pash at 12:00 PM on January 18, 2008
Web site Pediaphon turns any Wikipedia article into an MP3. The site plugs the article into a text-to-speech synthesis app, and while the synthesis isn't the best you've ever heard (what is this lif - eh - hacker, anyway?), it's very fast, meaning you could plug in an article and sync the MP3 to your MP3 player in about a minute before you head out the door. If you plan on putting Wikipedia to heavy use on your iPod, I'd recommend installing Wikipedia on your iPod or browsing iPodia on your iPod touch or iPhone.
Tags: digital audio | ipods | mp3 players | mp3s | wikipedia
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AndyMan1
Posted 4:32 PM 18/1/08
This could actually be a great idea for Wikipedia to build upon. Just like they get people volunteering to edit, they could get well spoken people to narrate. Break up the mp3 by section so edits could be kept somewhat up to date. Then just give a zip file or quickly corral the multiple mp3s into one upon download. That'd be better than voice-synth and a great learning tool.
AndyMan1
tubeyes
Posted 12:32 AM 19/1/08
Now you too can hear "Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth FAG!!!1! of the United States" in stereo!
tubeyes
stratboy
Posted 5:33 AM 19/1/08
Isn't pediaphonaphilia illegal in most states?
stratboy
iain010100
Posted 11:26 AM 18/1/08
The artificial voice is difficult to understand, and it reads all the "double-quote"s.
iain010100
meyersmp
Posted 9:32 AM 19/1/08
Anyone know of a way to install Wikipedia on a 5g video ipod? The link above was only for older generation ipods.
meyersmp
OwenBlacker
Posted 4:32 AM 22/1/08
@andyman1: They already do that: WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia :o)
OwenBlacker