An Audio Helper For A Lazy Dog

If you, like me, don't have enough time or eye focus to read all the blogs and online articles flying around, but really would like to get this information into your head, you will quickly look for audio helpers. Our ears are "free" most of the time, and the corresponding sense is free, too. Why not use this channel?

For me, it works. It's like background, it's there. Maybe not 100%, but more than nothing. And in most of the cases it's ok. And if I need more and it's really interesting, I will come back to it late and read it.

So, I wanted to get myself a Nabaztag, but I won't - it's a toy.

So, my new idea is this, and I'm sure it's not new, but I don't care: I will take eSpeak from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/espeak/. I will write a Perl script which will take my web pages of interest, for example from my ReadItLater list (if I can connect to it), and create an MP3 over a WAV out of them. Then, I'll throw those MP3s onto my iPhone and I have my acoustic channel - web pages spoken by a robot, just for me. I can even avoid iPhone and stay with the WAVs on my desktop, whatever.

So, that's it. An audio helper for a lazy dog.