DAISY Consortium: Acapela Group, New Member and Active Campaigner for Information Access Equality Jun 16, 2009
We help you build your 'voice strategy', to enhance the promotion of your business to customers through the spoken word, and add audible value to your services and applications for improved market recognition and audio-brand visibility. Our speech solutions allow you to turn any written text into natural speech files, using over 50 High Quality standard voices or your own synthesised voice talent. (PR Newswire)
UP FOR AIR: Signs of the season abound Jun 16, 2009
Audible sighs of joy, relief, huge silly grins, hot toast, crisp bacon and juice are all part of the psyche. My grandfather, a published author of two versions of a cookbook for Yachting Magazine, The Galley Guide, made the worst scrambled eggs in the world. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
A Place Weeping, John Berger, The Threepenny Review Jun 16, 2009
His words, however, are audible to our ears and we can repeat them and go on doing so. I have work to do on the geography of volcanoes From desolation to ruin from the time of Lott to Hiroshima As if I'd never yet lived with a lust I've still to know Perhaps Now has gone further away and yesterday come closer So I take Now's hand to walk along the hem of history and avoid cyclic time with its chaos of mountain goats How can my tomorrow be saved. (Harper's Magazine)
Saints' Payton content with linebacker corps Jun 16, 2009
The day had been designated as one of 12 organized team activities, but Payton called an audible and sent 21 teams of players and coaches rummaging through the French Quarter. The Good & Plenty team, captained by running backs coach Bret Ingalls, walked off with first-place honors and flat screen televisions. (Nola.com -- Sports)
PIxar Animation Strikes Gold Again ... Jun 6, 2009
Braving a storm, the duo are met in Paradise Falls by a giant bird named Kevin, who becomes a complete character without one audible line of dialogue, and a dog named Dug who is part of an army of dogs that can talk due to collars created by their master Muntz, who will stop at nothing to capture Kevin and return to America, a hero once more. A Master Storyteller. (Suite101.com)
The Haunting Voice in the First Recording Ever: Totally a Dude! Jun 6, 2009
Giovannoni and Feaster have continued digging in Paris archives for Scott's phonautograph recordings, or "phonautograms," and last week, at the annual meeting of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, they unveiled some more astonishing finds, including a poetic recitation in Italian, the earliest audible record of recognizable human speech, dating from sometime in April or May 1860. They also announced a revision to their "Au Clair de la Lune" discovery. (Slate)
The Culture Gabfest, the Posh New Digs Edition Jun 4, 2009
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Fans shocked by news Jun 4, 2009
News that the Braves had released veteran pitcher Tom Glavine was met with an audible disbelief by many of those at the ballpark when told of the move. Did the Braves make the right move by releasing Tom Glavine. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Danger! Horror! Get Out! Jun 4, 2009
Audible, which I found and wrote about, had fallen nearly to zero before turning around and showering its owners in newfound wealth. Each of these factors individually could make for a compelling investment as the stock price drops into the real value range. (MSNBC -- Business)
Study: TV May Inhibit Babies' Language Development Jun 3, 2009
To document each "vocal event," Christakis outfitted 329 babies and children, ages 2 months to 4 years, with pager-sized recorders on their chests that recorded every audible sound either the baby or any adult made over a 16-hour period ... Specially designed software then coded all audible sounds made or heard when the TV was both on and off. (Time.com)
Boxing clever Jun 3, 2009
They found that when the TV was audible - either on in the background or being watched - the number of words spoken and sounds made by either adult or child reduced considerably ... But it did find that overall, adults barely spoke to children when the TV was audible. (BBC News -- Technology)
Town Meeting approves budget, plus expenditures for new fire equipment and Muraco renovation Jun 2, 2009
9 million for education, was the only motion that received any audible nays. The vote, however, also passed easily. (Winchester Star, MA, MA)
TV is bad for babies Jun 2, 2009
"Audible television clearly reduces speech for both infants and their caregivers within the home and this is potentially harmful for babies' development," said University of Washington professor of pediatrics Dimitri Christakis, who led the study ... "Adults typically utter approximately 941 words per hour. Our study found that adult words are almost completely eliminated when television is audible to the child," said Christakis. (iAfrica.com)
TV may delay infants' speech: study Jun 2, 2009
WASHINGTONG, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Infants always exposed to audible television are more likely to suffer language delay and lag in brain development because they hear fewer words from parents and "talk" less, U.S. researchers reported Monday. "We've known that television exposure during infancy is associated with language delays and attentional problems, but so far it has remained unclear why," said the study's lead author Dimitri Christakis, a professor at the University of Washington. (Xinhuanet, China)
The Citizen's Cinema Jun 2, 2009
" Animated entirely in CG, it bears no relation to the "Resident Evil" film trilogy starring Milla Jovovich."Degeneration" provides a glimpse at the power vacuum that follows the collapse of Umbrella, the pharmaceutical company behind the zombie breakouts of the first four games. New giants like WilPharma and Tricell now stalk the bioweapon field. As "Degeneration" unfolds, longtime "Resident Evil" heroes Claire Redfield and Leon Kennedy learn that these companies' continuing work on Umbrella's... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Language use decreases in young children and caregivers when television is on, study finds Jun 2, 2009
Exposure to audible television has implications for language acquisition and brain development. In a new study, young children and their adult caregivers uttered fewer vocalizations, used fewer words and engaged in fewer conversations when in the presence of audible television ... "Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns" was published in the June 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics scent Medicine. (EurekAlert!)
APA Honors the Year's Best Audiobooks at 14th Annual Audies Gala in New York City Jun 1, 2009
com Executive Producer: Shiloh Light Foundation Producer: Luke Thoene Director: Anne Rosenfeld Inspirational / Faith-Based Non-Fiction The Word of Promise(R): Next Generation--New Testament By: ICB Translation Read by: Sean Astin and cast Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc. Executive Producer/Co-Producer: Dan Lynch Producer: Carl Amari Directors: John Kirby and Jeff Lupetin Production Supervisor: Brenda Noel Literary Fiction Elmer Gantry By: Sinclair Lewis Read by: Anthony Heald Publisher: Blackstone... (PR Newswire)
Where Boston's the backdrop May 31, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
Staying Alive! May 31, 2009
Most AEDs guide the user through the rescue process with simple audible and visual prompts. Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of over 350,000 people each year; and thousands are youth. (PR Newswire)
Health pros should be caring May 31, 2009
Even if the noise level is within the prescribed levels, it will still be audible to the nearby property owners. I live in a rural area of Rose Valley, and at times I can hear gunshots from my neighbors as far away as one mile or more, and it is disturbing. (Longview Daily News, WA)
SIRIUS XM's Book Radio Channel Takes Its Microphones to 'BookExpo America' May 30, 2009
The BookExpo America interviews will air beginning the week of June 2 exclusively on Book Radio, SIRIUS channel 117 and XM channel 163, across all of Book Radio's original interview programs -- Cover to Cover Live, Pia Lindstrom Presents, This is Audible, and Fiction Nation ... Alexander is the host of Fiction Nation, a weekly conversation with writers, actors, editors and librarians, and This is Audible, a program that explores the spoken word in all its forms through conversations with... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Albinos living in fear May 29, 2009
Squinting her pale eyes against the midday sun, Winifrida whispers in a barely audible voice: "Please, ask the government to take me away from here, I dare not come out of the house since my brother was killed.". BBC investigation. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sam Raimi's vision of 'Hell' is a real scream May 29, 2009
(That glee is audible in the sound design, too. Previously, the trouble with Raimi has sometimes been that you didn't trust him. (Boston Globe)
'Dogs can't rely on long ball May 28, 2009
But now that the defending national champions are in the Irvine Regional -- up against three teams boasting some of the best pitching in the nation and in a ballpark known for sapping power hitting -- Bulldogs coach Mike Batesole is considering an audible. Scratch the long-ball approach. (Fresno Bee -- Sports)
Officer: Would've 'been fine' if passenger obeyed May 28, 2009
"If he had just sat down, he'd been fine," Domenici said to more audible sighs. Grant's mother, Wanda Johnson, said after the hearing that Domenici's comments show "she has no regards for human life. For my son's life.". (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Bullard's baseball run ends May 27, 2009
"It wasn't anything we could see directed at the umpire. Nothing audible heard from the dugout.". Despite the loss of Dunn, Thornhill said he probably would have stuck with Meyer in the sixth anyway. (Fresno Bee)
Audiobooks and Ebooks for Online Bo... May 26, 2009
An alternative method is to search large online stores such as Amazon and Audible for the titles. Ebooks and audiobooks can be a great alternative to traditional print books for people who are interested in joining online book clubs but are pressed for time. (Suite101.com)
Cover Story: Remote Revolution May 26, 2009
The two main features Comcast customers have asked for, and which Kunkel's team is currently working on, are: a backlit keypad, which can be seen in the dark; and the ability to find a lost remote with an audible tone. (Dish's remote for the ViP 922 has such a find me feature. (Multichannel News)
Mother of children found in river charged with murder May 24, 2009
The screams were still audible when searchers arrived and were apparently traveling with the river's current, from the bridge area toward downtown Portland. They could be heard for nearly an hour as searchers scoured the river's banks and a helicopter beamed light from overhead. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
* New York terror suspects come off as gullible in court May 23, 2009
The diminutive Haitian immigrant appeared to have trouble understanding the proceedings and told the judge in a barely audible voice that he was on anti-depressant medication. Payen said he had dropped out of school one year before graduation. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Direct flight to tragedy May 23, 2009
RECENT HEARINGS in Washington into an airplane crash last winter near Buffalo have spotlighted several safety issues: the selection and training of pilots; the risk of fatigue due to pilots' long commuting distances; the distraction of cockpit chit-chat; and the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration to respond promptly to a recommendation for an audible warning when a plane flies so slowly that it might stall ... Back in 2003, the safety board had recommended that the FAA study the... (Boston Globe)
The Audio Book Club on Atmospheric Disturbances May 22, 2009
Get your 14-day free trial of Gabfest sponsor Audible ... Atmospheric Disturbances is available on Audible. (Slate)
Haberstroh: TV3 audit says it all start over May 22, 2009
Jaws dropped and an audible wow could be heard when, testifying six months ago at a public hearing at Medford City Hall, the Malden public access executive director mentioned he had 200 members. The gasps and shock of the 75 people who were at the hearing to express their collective dismay at how poorly the station was being run were surprised that a public access station could have that many members. (Medford Transcript, MA)
Cover story: Steve Earle tribute to Townes Van Zandt May 21, 2009
The closest he comes to doing nothing, he says, "Is when I'm fishing, or rereading Harry Potter or Tolkien Books." When I ask Earle to tell me about his old friend Townes Van Zandt there's an audible sigh, almost a grumble, and then silence (sure signs that this publicity tour and his patience for journalists is wearing thin). He takes a deep, long breath and obliges me; talks about how he first heard about the mythical Townes Van Zandt while playing the lone coffee house in San Antonio (circa... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Covidien announces milestone placement in remote respiratory monitoring May 21, 2009
If a patient's oxygen level dips below the accepted level, clinicians are alerted via visual and audible alarms at the central station and/or by pager alerts. Lower nurse-to-patient ratios, patient medical conditions and other complicating factors often make monitoring outside the highest acuity areas of the hospital challenging. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Panel gets close look at turbines May 21, 2009
The hum of the turbine was comparable to a household heat pump, while the rotors spinning about 150 feet overhead offered a repeated whoosh that was audible, but far from overwhelming. At no point did the group have to raise their voices to be heard. (Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune, WV)
Amazon sells Nokia E71x smartphone for 1 cent May 21, 2009
You can get audible turn-by-turn directions (and traffic), and select a destination by saying it aloud. But the audible instructions weren't always clear or timely. (USA Today -- Tech)
The crisis in math, science May 21, 2009
Sputnik included a radio beacon audible every 96 minutes. It became a clarion call to change. (Boston Globe)
Saudi Arabia Selects Sensis A-SMGCS and WAM for King Fahad and King Abdulaziz International Airports May 19, 2009
Further, the A-SMGCS includes advanced conflict detection and alerting through audible and visual alerts. The WAM surveillance component of the system will be integrated into the A-SMGCS to track and separate aircraft on approach up to 50 nautical miles from the airport. (PR Newswire)
NTT DOCOMO Unveils 18 New Handsets; Rich Lineup Closely Attuned with Today's Mobile Users May 19, 2009
Area Mail(TM) disaster information service - Area Mail alerts can produce audible ring even if phone is in silent mode. For full details of the docomo STYLE, PRIME, SMART and PRO series, please visit o.com/pr/2009/001440. (JCN Network, Japan)
Beatles imitators to do rooftop concert May 19, 2009
The concert is free and should be audible from the surrounding street corners or nearby office buildings. Food will be sold in the Hyatt courtyard on Fourth Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.. (Louisville Business First, KY)
Ghost writer May 18, 2009
Sure, the signs of spookiness are hard to avoid once you go on phantasm full-alert: the mysterious elevator that refuses to move, the strange, atavistic smell of stale beer emanating from the lobby's construction-zone foundations, the audible presence of human-like forms hurtling above the boardroom ceiling (even though this is the top floor. not to forget the pixie-ish author of Victorian lesbian sex romps who has now been possessed to write a novel about a haunted house in grim 1940s... (Globe and Mail)
Tenants sue company over fire damage May 17, 2009
There was no audible or visual warning on the outside of the building to alert nearby residents of a fire. Supposed stairwell exits ended without warning in the basement. (Framingham TAB, MA)
TNT's Ernie Johnson does more than put up with Barkley May 17, 2009
Barely audible, between bites of spring mix, Johnson emitted the perfectly timed, bemused, Thanks. There it is, Ernie Johnson Jr. s professional life in summary. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Hundreds mourn young shooting victim May 17, 2009
For the masses outside, the music and the essence of the service washed through the doors of the church and came across on a pair of portable speakers, though the words were only intermittently audible. But the message from Bishop Robert C. Perry II, Turner's cousin, was clear. (Boston Globe)
Experience is reward in Leadership Racine May 16, 2009
He was in the midst of an increasingly audible - but friendly - conversation on diversity. "Nor do I see you (that way).". (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Most Comcast Customers Apparently Like the Remote Control May 16, 2009
The two main features Comcast customers have asked for, and which Kunkel;s team is currently working on: (1) a backlit keypad, to be able to see it in the dark and (2) being able to find a lost remote with an audible tone. (Dish Network;s DVR has such a ;find me; feature, and Motorola provides the capability with its. (Multichannel News)
An audible feast May 15, 2009
A musical feast is about to be laid out in Juneau, and music lovers of all varieties can partake in a one-hour taste at a lunchtime show or a ten-day full course of performances, talks and workshops. Anat Cohen, one of the guest musicians for this years Jazz & Classics festival. (Juneau Empire)
'Didn't See It Coming' May 15, 2009
Asked by Hersman if pilots might benefit from an audible low-speed warning system, Dismukes said: "Absolutely. You want a very distinctive alert, but not one that is so dramatic. That's well worth looking at." ... The board recommended to the Federal Aviation Administration in December 2003 that regulators study whether an audible low-speed warning system designed to get a pilot's attention should be required ... Some aircraft already have audible low-speed warning systems that say "speed,... (Fox News)
The last stand of Sri Lanka's Tamils – in Canada? May 15, 2009
"That's my aunt. And that's my cousin and her daughter beside her,'' she says, her voice barely audible above the chants of an estimated 12,000 demonstrators behind her who swarmed Ontario's provincial legislature Wednesday calling on Canadian officials to pressure the Sri Lankan government into ending a violent conflict where civilians are increasingly caught in the crossfire. "They're all dead,'' the Toronto mother suddenly gasps, leaning into her teenage daughter, Gharini, who has taken the... (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Holy See to the Holy Land May 15, 2009
But the pope made do with a barely audible prayer in Latin and a petition on paper, which he slipped between the stones, asking: God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, hear the cry of the afflicted, the fearful, the bereft; send your peace upon this Holy Land, upon the Middle East, upon the entire human family. This, though unexceptionable, was seen as yet again avoiding the painful essence of Holocaust expiation and was compared unfavourably with Pope John Paul II s prayer in March 2000 at the same... (The Economist)
What a catch! Hubble grabbed for spacewalking repairs May 15, 2009
Now looming four stories tall in the cargo bay of Atlantis, NASA's flagship observatory was snatched out of orbit Wednesday after a high-flying rendezvous that drew audible gasps from Hubble scientists gathered at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston. The 121/2-ton telescope gleamed against pitch black space as veteran mission commander Scott Altman eased Atlantis up to the Hubble while both craft flew 350 miles above the planet. (Florida Today)
NY air crash raises many safety concerns May 15, 2009
Asked by Hersman if pilots might benefit from an earlier, audible low-speed warning system, Dismukes said: "Absolutely, you want a very distinctive alert, but not one that is so dramatic. That's well worth looking at.". Hersman said the stick shaker warning came too late and was too sudden. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
FANTASY CLICKS: Why Brett Favre has no fantasy value May 14, 2009
But 10 years later, playing in a new city, Favre is more apt to take fewer chances and make risk-averse audible calls at the line. What'll Happen On Fantasy Draft Day: I would never take Favre as my QB1 at this stage in his career. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Look Up, then look way, way down May 14, 2009
The Disney-Pixar film, about a crotchety old man who lifts his house aloft on a cloud of balloons and inadvertently hauls a boy along, opened to near-universal acclaim and, it must be said, audible sniffing and surreptitious eye-rubbing during a press screening earlier in the day. The formula that has served Disney-Pixar so well in the past, blending sentiment, wisecracking animals and visual innovation, reaches a pastel-coloured zenith in Up, although the tradition of using an absent parental... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Atlantis captures telescope May 14, 2009
Audible gasps of elation'NASA astrophysics chief Jon Morse said when Hubble scientists and managers saw the first picture of Hubble there were "audible gasps of elation.". NASA hopes to get another five to 10 years of dazzling views of the cosmos from Hubble, with all the planned upgrades, which should leave the observatory more powerful than ever. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Steve Jobs Gets Pwned May 14, 2009
Apple selling Amazon Kindle-branded books could resemble Apple s current practice of audio books presented by Audible. com. (Datamation)
Federal Budget 2009 - full coverage May 13, 2009
There was an audible sigh of relief in the Penhall household when the federal budget came down last night. --> Topics. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Videos show disturbing fights at Texas school May 13, 2009
In another scene, a student pins a peer against the wall and punches him in the face with an audible crack. In March, police obtained the videos recorded on 16 days between late 2007 and early this year. (Anchorage Daily News)
Peace Coalition marks anniversary of Postville raid May 13, 2009
Although there appeared to be less audible support for Tuesday's event than for the group's previous demonstrations connected with the Iraq war, participants didn't report any negative reactions. Sister Shirley Fineran, of Sioux City, said the Postville raid showed a definite need for immigration reform. (Sioux City Journal)
Rock giants at Cruzan May 10, 2009
The group of relentless professionals melded together so perfectly that any kinks in the chemistry weren t audible. They sounded beautiful, said David Kievit of Sebastian, who drove to West Palm for the night for the show. (The Palm Beach Post)
Ultrasonic Communication Among Frogs May 9, 2009
Huia cavitympanum produces some audible calls and others that are entirely ultrasonic ... Narins and Arch have an idea about why the frogs, which live along a noisy stream, use both ultrasonic communication and calls that are audible to humans ... " The research may have implications for improving human hearing aids and addressing hearing loss. Most hearing aids, Narins said, simply amplify sound, including unnecessary background noise. Better hearing aids that are directional, for example,... (Science Daily)
Electric cars and noise: The sound of silence May 8, 2009
The bill s proponents also want that audible alert to be one that will help people judge the direction and speed of the vehicle ... Above that speed the sound of the tyres and of air flowing over the vehicle start to make it more audible ... The Lotus system was adapted so that it could also produce sounds that change with speed and use of the throttle, providing a familiar audible feedback to drivers of vehicles with a silent engine. (The Economist)
The Citizen's Cinema May 7, 2009
" Animated entirely in CG, it bears no relation to the "Resident Evil" film trilogy starring Milla Jovovich."Degeneration" provides a glimpse at the power vacuum that follows the collapse of Umbrella, the pharmaceutical company behind the zombie breakouts of the first four games. New giants like WilPharma and Tricell now stalk the bioweapon field. As "Degeneration" unfolds, longtime "Resident Evil" heroes Claire Redfield and Leon Kennedy learn that these companies' continuing work on Umbrella's... (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Spite, not love, driving Favre's potential return? May 7, 2009
"There would be audible gasps.''Right now, the collective sound emanating from Wisconsin - and anywhere else fans have tired of Favre's now-annual bouts of public indecision on his football future - is a loud, protracted groan.The 39-year-old Favre, who is a free agent after retiring for the second time in as many years and being released by the New York Jets, is scheduled to meet with Minnesota coach Brad Childress this week to discuss the possibility of playing for the Vikings, according to... (MSNBC -- Sports)
