Textcast alternative

Geoff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:10:09 +0000

Some months ago I read the story of how Textcast was created … but (coincidentally) about a week earlier I’d created basically the same thing using Mac OSX’s Automator.

And months and months later I’m finally getting around to sharing that Automator script.

… continued …

(I don’t intend any disrespect to the Textcast authors. I understand they’ve done a nice job on their application … but I don’t need many bells and whistles … and all the pieces were just sitting there in Automator ready to go …)

You’ll need a little Automator understanding to modify the paths and locations for your own use.

Here it is: spoken_web.zip

To use it, I copy the text I want to convert onto the clipboard and run the application.

(keywords: voice, reading, spoken, web, podcast, itunes, audio)

Using Speed Scheduler with Azureus on MacOSX

Geoff — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:10:02 +0000

It took me too long to work out where Speed Scheduler should be installed to use it with the MacOSX version of Azureus. Since I spent a while searching the net, here’s what I eventually worked out:

/Users/username/Library/ApplicationÂ Support: /Azureus/plugins/speedscheduler/SpeedScheduler_1.3.jar

(Of course, this should be one line!)

You’ll need to create the ’speedscheduler’ directory yourself … the Speed Scheduler plugin is distributed as a single JAR file.

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Textcast alternative

Using Speed Scheduler with Azureus on MacOSX