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There is very interesting gadget called vozMe that is doing the rounds of the internet just now.  It is a web tool that turns text into an mp3 file that can be listened to online or downloaded onto your computer. It is a text to speech web application and though it is still quite hard to come to terms with the fact that such technology is possible, it is.

The tool is also free and having said that the sound quality is much better than what free services normally provide. It is also very easy to use and extremely innovative. All you have to do is to paste the text into a web form, press the ‘Create mp3’ button and voila! Your text is now turned to mp3. You can listen to it through a flash based mp3 player or download it for use later on. You can also embed it into your web site and the pronunciation is also quite good.

It works in English but also works with text in Spanish and English. It is great for webmasters who want to give visitors an audio version of the content on their websites.

But then there is obviously the fault that exists with all text to speech applications. The voice gets kind of irritating after the while, but then that is there with everything of this sort. It is still a nice fancy gadget though and has a very simple interface for people who are technologically challenged and can’t find the way across the internet.

Plus there are no worries of getting yourself registered and the like and there isn’t a long list of steps you have to complete in this thing so taking all the pros and cons of this thing into consideration, I still feel it is a very good thing to have.

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BraveNet has everyone talking. And its mostly good stuff. The kind of stuff all internet entrepreneurs want to hear. BraveNet is free which is one of the biggest plusses is and it also offers loads and loads of features for no cost at all! There are lots of good things about BraveNet and very few drawbacks.

This is an excellent place to start your website from and then host and maintain it. They layout of the site is excellent and they have a range of templates which you can use or you can design your own look for the site. They have really cool tools for the users like hit counter and vote casters. Also unlike many hosting sites they have excellent customer service. The site also doesn’t have any spyware which may cause problems later on. BraveNet is excellent in all the features it offers and what has earned it so many fans is the fact that it is free.

But like everything else BraveNet also has its drawbacks. They are very few however. The problem with BraveNet is that it is free. That is why it is so popular and that is also the root cause of the problem. Because it is a free site and the providers have to make their money from somewhere, your site will be subjected to advertisements without asking you. But I guess that is a price most will be willing to pay if you look at all that it offers. Unless the site is a very public thing which is used for a popular business or similar purpose, the presence of ads should not be very bothersome.

On the whole BraveNet is one of a kind and is truly a brave attempt. We could use more of such hosts in the cyber world today.

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