A thought on self-editing

Saturday, November 24, 2007

A thought on self-editing

"I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?"
- Katherine Paterson

Nov 24, 2007 8:11:26 AM | Books, Craft singles, Language

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Listen to this vozMe is a web application that converts text to audio, and pretty quickly at that. The results are read back in a monotone "voice" but I can see all kinds of applications for this. To do a test, I copied and pasted the Surf's Up column that I posted to this blog a couple of days ago. Here's the link to listen to yourself. Download vozMe recording of column.mpeg To download, right-click on the link...

Saturday playlist A few of the tunes I've been listening to lately: Carbon/ Silicon: Why Do Men Fight? If there's a camp that divides Clash fans between Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, put me in the Jones camp, even though it's definitely more acceptable (read: fashionable) to pick Strummer. Post-Clash, Jones has often been a disappointment, as Strummer usually was, but he's still working it out. Carbon/Silicon is an unlikely collaboration with Tony James, of all people....

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Saturday, November 24, 2007

A thought on self-editing

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