On Thu, 28 May 2009 18:08:10 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>> Has anyone noticed that youtube comments now have an "audio preview"
>>>>> button next to them that will read your comment out loud before you
>>>>> post it?
>>>> Yep, that was added several months ago. :-)
>>> ...is this like the one where somebody says "did you know they've
>>> taken 'gulible' out of the dictionary?"?
>> 
>> No, this one is actually in place.  You have to sign in, but I tried
>> it, the text-to-speech wasn't half bad. :-)
> 
> 1. Hmm, OK. So the PC finally has text-to-speach capabilities, a
> facility that the Amiga had 15 years ago. Interesting.

PCs have had TTS capabilities for a long time.  I'm talking about the TTS 
that YouTube uses.

> 2. OMG, *why* did they implement this in YouTube? That's just silly!

Ostensibly the reason that was put forth in the XKCD cartoon about it - 
that it would let people know how stupid their comments sounded before 
they posted them.

Jim

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