SpokenText blog

We just deployed a new look for the secure portion of the site. Hopefully you find it cleaner and easier to use.

We have also made the recording of Voice tags optional. Just check the box for Respond to voice tags? if you want SpokenText to respond to voice tags you have placed into your text content. Note that if your voice tags are not well formed or you have text within your content which looks like a voice tag your recording will fail to be recorded.

If you notice any issues with this release please contact info@spokentext.net.

Thanks

Mark

Today I was talking to a member of the site on the phone who was using mp3 files to distribute recordings he had created.

Mp3 is a great format but if your intended audience has access to an Apple device like an iPhone, iPod or iPad or even a computer running iTunes then it might be better to send your intended audience our Audio Book formatted files.

This type of file when used in iTunes or any iOS device like an iPhone,iPad or iPod will remember the last position the recording was at and start from that point when you next listen to the recording.

This is the format I use to listen to all of the long format recordings I use SpokenText to create. One other option is to download the recording from your SpokenText podcast URL and then access it via the podcast section of your device or iTunes. When accessed this way the recording will remember its last position.

I have found that either of these two options are best when listening to long format recordings.

Happy listening

Mark

There was an issue with our domain name renewal on Aug 28 2012 which made it impossible to access the site for around 6 hours or so. The site and our servers were still running fine but with the domain name not working know one could access it.

This is the first period of down time of any kind we have had in years. We take up time very seriously and will try to make sure that this type of issue never happens again.

Sorry for any inconvenience this might have caused. If you are still having issues reaching our site please try to clear your browser cache and restart your browser if it has been open for a while.

Mark

If you want to add a pause add <BREAK/ > into your text.

Example: What is 3 + 3 <Break /> 6

Or you can use <Break time="3s" /> to add a 3 second break.

Example: What is 3 + 3 <Break time="3s" /> 6

Note: Recording of Voice tags optional. Just check the box for Respond to voice tags? if you want SpokenText to respond to voice tags you have placed into your text content. Note that if your voice tags are not well formed or you have text within your content which looks like a voice tag your recording will fail to be recorded.

Mark

We are proud to announce that our free Google Chrome extension is now available in the Google Chrome Extension Galary.

Check it out at SpokenText for Chrome

The extension makes it easy to record any text you find on a web page or full web pages, with just a few clicks of your mouse.

Watch the YouTube video to learn more about how to setup the extension and use it to record text.

And if you like the extension please rate it and post a comment on our Chrome Extension page.

Mark