In case you are very lazy to read all the words in a very long articles, I have solution for you. You don't have to read, just tell the computer to read for you.
How? The answer is your computer can talk and it can read whatever and whenever you want it.
Just find a text to speech programs available on the net. The text-to-speech programs can convert text or web documents to human speech.
There is a free programs that i found. Never have to buy it or never have to develop yourself. This programs is called Alien Speech.
Below is the screenshot of it. By installing the programs, all you have to do is copy all the text from a blog or web, and paste it into the programs.
When you click "Play All" button, the programs will read the text for you. Isn't that great?
For those who are interested, you are free to download it at, http://www.aliensoftware.co.uk/Products/Speech/Download.asp
The programs is simple, That's why its free. It just made used the available text to speech library like Microsoft Speech API.
Friday, March 23, 2007
Free Text to Speech
How to logon to multiple Gmail accounts using firefox
By default Firefox does not allow you to login more than one accounts at the same time.
Managing multiple gmail accounts will coz you headache. You have to logout from the first account, before you can logon into seconds account. You can not login into more than one accounts at the same time.So, for those who wants to manage more than one gmail accounts, the best solution that i recommend is to install Gmail Manager.
Gmail Manager is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. It can displays account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.
Installing this extension will allows you to open multiple accounts by selecting your gmail accounts on the statusbar in the bottom right of firefox browser. By right clicking to the chosen gmail accounts, Firefox will open a new tab and automatically open-up the selected gmail account.
You can download the gmail manager from https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1320/
Monday, March 19, 2007
About Windows Vista
I don't have Windows Vista to really try and learn it, but I have experience trying it when it first introduced to the developer at Microsoft PDC 2005, L.A. At the time it was knows by its famous codename "Longhorn". So, what i can comments on from the first experience, Windows Vista has rich and smooth of multimedia and graphics capabilities compared to XP. This latest version of Windows, was officially released by Microsoft on January 30, 2007.
What so special about Windows Vista?
Windows Vista contains hundreds of new features; some of the most significant include an updated graphical user interface (GUI) and visual style dubbed Windows Aero, improved searching features, new multimedia creation tools such as Windows DVD Maker, and completely redesigned networking, audio, print, and display sub-systems. Vista also aims to increase the level of communication between machines on a home network using peer-to-peer technology, making it easier to share files and digital media between computers and devices. For developers, Vista includes version 3.0 of the .NET Framework out of the box. The .Net Framework makes it significantly easier for developers to write high-quality applications than with the traditional Windows API. - wiki
To See live demo from microsoft, click here.
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Modify the Windows XP System Properties logo
Typically, if you buy a brand new computer, you will see manufacturer logo and contact information in the windows system properties.
For example, if you buy a computer for HP manufacturer, the HP logo is displayed on your Windows XP system properties as below.
To invoke the system properties dialog, click the Start button, right-click "My Computer" and select "Properties."
In this guide you can learn how you can insert your own logo in the system properties dialog and complete it with your own contact information.
To change the HP logo, below is the steps you have to do:-
1. Create your image in a .bmp graphic file.
- By using image composer software such as windows paint, create your own image with the same background shade of gray (RGB: 192, 192, 192) used in the Properties dialog. The best image size is 180 (wide) x120 (high) pixels.
2. Save the image file as .bmp file
3. Copy the image file to c:\windows\system32.
4. Rename the image file to oemlogo.bmp
5. Create a new text file using notepad in this same folder and name it as oeminfo.ini
6. Edit the file and type content of the file as below ;
[General]
Manufacturer=My Techno Guide
Model=Proton Waja Campro
[Support Information]
Line1=" "
Line2="No additional support for this computer."
Line3=""
Line4=" This is my own computer."
Line5=" I don't need support for this computer. "
Line6=" Please don't make full with this computer."
Line7="My Phone Number:"
Line8="+60311111111"
Line9="+6032222222"
Line10=""
Line11=""
Line12=" http://mytechnoguide.blogspot.com/"
8. From now on, you can see your own design logo on Windows XP System Properties and your own contact information.
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Microsoft Media Server or MMS protocol
Typically when accessing video files from the internet, user has to download the video first before it can play with media player. Using the MMS protocol, Windows media player can play the video without having to wait until the download process completely done. the protocol allows the data to be delivered to the client as a continuous flow with minimal delay before playback can begin. URLs that point to media clips on a Windows Media™ Server usually begin with mms://.
Embed windows media file into blog post
In this article, i would like to share with you on how to embed a windows media file such as wmf, asf, wma, mpg and all other files supported by windows media player into your blogger or wordpress post contents. To stream a Windows Media video file, you need to embed the Windows Media Player in the page where you post the video. This requires some specific HTML code included in the page or blog post where the video is linked. The simple command use for this is
<embed>.
Below is the example on how to use the embed tag in your blog posts or html page.
<embed type="video/x-ms-asf-plugin"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/netshow/download/player.htm"
showcontrols="1" showaudiocontrols="1" showdisplay="0" showgotobar="0"
showpositioncontrols="0" showstatusbar="1" showtracker="1"
animationatstart="1" autostart="1" bufferingtime="5" src="yourmediaurl"
height="400" width="450">
* change src="yourmediaurl" with a valid media url that you want to embed into your post or html page.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
How to bypass web proxy or web filter
For example, some organizations may used this kind of proxy to filter out an adult content, streaming content or other http address defined by web proxy administrators. If you are browsing the internet behind this kind of proxy or web filter, your request to the contents that matched to the administrator banned list will failed.
To get rid of this ban, what you can do as a user is to find an anonymous web based proxy. An anonymous web based proxy is a web-based service that takes a site that is blocked and "circumvents" it through to an unblocked website, allowing the user to view blocked pages.
There is bunch of service on the internet that provide the free anonymous web based proxy service. But some of it may be already being blocked by your local web proxy. So, what you can do is try to find a server or url that is not listed yet in your local web proxy banned list. Try to search it by type in "free web proxy" in the google search form.
Below is the examples of it,
http://www.cantbustme.com/
http://www.surfundercover.com/
http://www.proxymafia.net/
http://www.secureproxy.us/
http://www.proxybuddy.com/
http://www.texasproxy.com/
http://www.surfaz.com/
http://www.invisiblesurfing.com/
http://www.ojjo.net/
http://www.sixty6proxy.com/
This free anonymous proxy service will hide your IP address and hide information about you and your interests. By using it, you can bypass web filter systems and access your favourite sites which may be blocked at work, school or college.
But, you have to be careful when using it. Don't expose your important information or valuable internet password while browsing through the free proxy, because some of the them will catch your username, password or credit card numbers or even your email address. This capability is often used to put your name on spammers lists.
