The Adventurist Goes ‘Odiogo’ For Your Listening Pleasure

Technology is a wonderful thing.  I recently came across a new innovation (new to me) while browsing the political website Politco.  It was a little buttun that said ‘Listen Now’.  I clicked the button and to my amazement the whole article was read to me.  That was quite cool.  After a bit of research, I discovered that the software maker for this innovation was a company by the name of Odiogo.  It is a funny name, but quite an amazing product.

Odiogo provides sound to anything you type.  I thought this would be a crap program that would mess up many of the words that are typed.  To my amazement, it was quite fluent and easy to understand.  I have brought Odiogo to The Adventurist.

Not only can you now listen to each individual article, but now you can even download these posts into your IPod or MP3 player, much like a podcast.  The words from the article will actually go across your IPod, IPhone, or MP3 player screen, as they are being read.

Another huge bonus to this technology is that now, not only can you listen and download articles, but I can also put these articles together into a Podcast.  (as soon as I figure out how.)  This saves me a huge abundance of time and effort for something that I have been working towards for quite some time.  You may eventually see a real Podcast program here, but for the time being, this is great!

I am already finding myself listening to my own posts.  Haha.

I am going to be working with this new program, over the coming days, to see just how far I can push this technology.  I know I am suppose to be on a break, but like usual, a break to me is quite different than what it is for most.

Click the audio, check out the new technology, and let me know your thoughts.  I will be making another post in the next few days to clue you in on how you can take better advantage of this new technology at The Adventurist.