Google Brings Real-Time Language Translation to Instant Messaging

The Google Talk blog made an announcement that sounds like a great Christmas gift globally - Translations Bots. The new feature will let users translate different languages while chatting using Translation bots.

Arun on December 21, 2007 | Filed Under Web Tools | 2 Comments

14 Web Apps to Help You Learn Everything Online

These days when you want to learn how to do something, the web is usually a wise first port of call. One of the many positive developments of Web 2.0 has been the rise of a whole bunch of high quality web apps dedicated to sharing knowledge online.

In this post, I want to help you tap into 14 innovative social and non-social communities dedicated to helping you learn online: from being more productive to playing guitar along to your favorite song.

Skellie on December 19, 2007 | Filed Under Web Tools | 3 Comments

vozMe: Text-to-Speech Web Tool

Text-to-Speech synthesis has a variety of uses. Writers might use it to correct mistakes in their articles, foreigners might want to know the pronunciation of a specific word, and other people will use it just for fun.

Regardless of what you are trying to accomplish, however, you won’t need to install a software on your computer. There are several web tools that will do this for you, and the most straight forward one is vozMe.

Daniel Scocco on December 14, 2007 | Filed Under Web Tools | Leave a Comment

How Fast Do You Type?

Do you think you type faster than the average person? Now you can test it out. 10-Fast-Fingers Speedtest is a simple web tool that tests how fast you type. You will be presented with some words and a form to type them. The objective is to type as many correct words as possible within 60 seconds.

Daniel Scocco on December 8, 2007 | Filed Under Web Tools | 9 Comments