Times travel bloggers to file ‘voice’ postings

Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on November 6, 2007 at 4:27 PM
Times Online launched a new service to enable its travel blogging community to submit “postings” through speech, which are immediately converted into text, thanks to SpinVox.

 
Thanks to the service, Times Media hopes it will be easier for users to file in their contributions. The best pieces will be considered for weekly publication within The Times and The Sunday Times.

"The voice post is evocative of a golden age of foreign journalism when correspondents filed their stories by telephone from the far reaches of the globe. The development also reinforces our commitment to user-generated content,” said Zach Leonard, digital media publisher at Times Media.

Users can dial +44 151 266 5764 from anywhere in the world to voice their travel stories, tips and recommendations. Calls from a fixed landline are charged at national call rates.

Users have up to two minutes of voice time.

In the US, the Washington Times uses similar technology with the opposite intent: automatically converting text articles into audio files, through Click-2-Listen.

Source: Brand Republic

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2 Comments

Tara L. said:

While we don't have a conservative newspaper alternative on my campus (Fairfield University), many of my friends at other schools do. These "conservative" newspapers range from being downright offensive to simple P.R. tools for the university.

This all boils down to right-wing student groups perpetuating the myth of the liberal media. As editor of my own student newspaper, I can attest to that.

I also have a blog about all things college newspaper related: www.theeditorsdesk.blogspot.com

April 24, 2006 4:39 PM
Murray Oeth said:

Looking for moderate or conservative writers that would be interested in submitting some articles for a new site that is under construction now. To give you some idea of the group setting up the site, we all love Neil Boortz/Rush/Hannnity and believe America has lost its way.

Articles will be reviewed by the staff before posting to prevent someone from posting something threating, etc.

If interested, please email

June 14, 2007 9:05 PM

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