MagneticTime Launches MT-Podcast

MagneticTime, a mobile audio company, has launched the MT-Podcast, which lets anyone produce Podcasts without the need for a live human voice. The MT-Podcast translates script into a natural sounding male or female voice in MP3 format that can be posted on the Internet as a Podcast, as well as played on any MP3 player, including iPod, PDAs, cellphones and PC’s.

MT-Podcast lets anyone, including people who do not have high-quality voices, who do not speak English, or cannot or do not want to record their voice for a Podcast, produce professional-sounding Podcast recordings. To create a Podcast, people currently must read a script into a microphone, and then convert the recording into an MP3 file. MT-Podcast simplifies this process by automatically and accurately translating written Word documents to MP3 Podcasts without the need of a recorded voice. MT-Podcast can also be used for training manuals and news services and anywhere else where people have to read and record materials.

MT-Podcast applies advanced data processing and summarization technologies to gadgets like iPods, PCs, PDAs and cell phones, helping people listen to their emails and Word documents in MP3 format even while traveling.

MT-Podcast uses sophisticated speech technologies, replacing the old synthesized ‘tin can’ voices of the past with new natural sounding voices. It reads text out aloud with the flexibility and richness of natural sounding speech. The software speaks multiple languages and reads names, numbers and currencies for an optimal and smooth translation.

Richard O’Donnell, CEO of MagneticTime, said, “We are proud that many of our customers believe our text-to-speech technology to be the most advanced in the market today. These same customers have confirmed that building MT-Podcasts on this foundation will save the corporate and personal user a lot of time and money currently being spent on editing or hiring actors to produce Podcasts.”

MT-Podcast will be available for Windows in mid 2006. The pricing will continue the MagneticTime pricing philosophy of excellent value coupled with innovative technology. Currently available in English, MagneticTime will soon be available in French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Belgian Dutch and Swedish.

Source: MagneticTime