MacSpeech, developers of speech recognition solutions for the Mac, today announced the release of the iChat ScriptPak, which “simplifies your online chat experience, adds over 60 voice commands to iListen, and allows voice control of common functions and Menus within iChat.” The iChat ScriptPak is priced at US$10.
Read MoreReuters is reporting on a new Nielsen/NetRatings survey that finds Web surfers who download music from song-sharing sites are more likely to buy music online, as well as offline at retailers. “The survey released Wednesday was based on 36,000 Internet users and… showed that nearly 31 million active Internet users aged 18 or older — representing 22 percent of the active Internet universe — downloaded music in the past 30 days, and 71 percent bought music in the past three months.”
Read MoreThe Apple User Group Advisory Board and the Macworld Planning Committee have announced the User Group Leadership Conference (UGLC), which will take place in New York City on July 15 — the day before the Macworld CreativePro Conference & Expo. This half-day event is this year’s only nationally focused Apple User Group leadership event on the East Coast.
Read MoreQuickVoice developer nFinity today announced the release of Audio Postcard, a new Mac OS X application that lets you produce and email digital postcards complete with embedded audio messages and customized titling and bordering. Audio Postcard is designed to work in conjunction with the iPhoto library, but graphics files from other sources can be easily imported. The application creates the digital postcards in four easy steps, and attaches them automatically to OS X Mail.app as QuickTime files.
Read MoreApple has updated its Hot Deals section with the latest offerings from CDW and O’Reilly. CDW has great deals on the Lexmark X5150 with up to a US$50 rebate; Minolta DiMAGE 7i, DiMAGE 7Hi, or DiMAGE 7300 with up to a $200 rebate; Palm i705 with mini keyboard, Epson Stylus Photo 1280 with a $100 rebate, and Adaptec FireConnect Plus PCI kit with a $20 rebate.
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