This the second open source Geek Brief. Thanks to Chris Farley, Brian McNitt, David Sinclair, Dave Peterson, and Rick Yaeger for playing along at home.
Story #1 provided by Chris was about Apple pushing Safari to iTunes users on Windows through software updates. Chris doesn't like the idea. I think Apple is just playing the game by Micrsoft's rules because Apple heard Windows machines are better for gaming.
Brian McNitt pointed out how Macs do a pretty commendable job with it's built-in text-to-speech functionality. It can be enhanced with an application called iSpeak It from ZappTek that converts text to speech and sends it to iTunes. Cepstral sells voices you can add to your accessability mix. They have versions that are compatable with Macs and PCs.
David Sinclair introduced to an application he developed that goes a step forward by adding multi-voice Narration. He also provided a discount code for a discount on Dejal Narrator. It's my name CALI.
Dave Peterson gives us a look at the Wheel Surf available from Hammacher Schlemmer. It's a motorized monocycle that really has to be seen to be laughed at.
Rick Yaeger dropped the news that the Flight of the Conchords soundtrack is finally available from iTunes.
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