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Facebook tests voice status updates

Facebook tests voice status updates

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  • In India, Facebook is testing “voice clip status updates”. (They’re testing in India because the country has twenty-two popular languages, and it’s easier speaking a second tongue rather than typing it.)

  • 'sodes is “a casual cozy podcast player”. “There are no download queues or tricked-out audio features. Just tap a show, tap an episode, and listen.” It gets a review from Lifehacker. Similar to Leela, it’s built to be simple and streaming-only; it’s also very pretty-looking; reviewers like the lack of storage space it uses.

  • Martech writes about voice technologies - notably Podible, a podcasting platform using machine learning for podcast recommendations; and VoxSnap, a service that turns written text into voice (using real people).

  • Blubrry

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