Thursday, January 22, 2009

week 8, thing 19

I explored a tool called "Voki" to create a talking avatar. I liked that i could customize the way the avatar looked even down to her eye color. I also liked that i could make her say anything i want and that there was a variety of voices to choose from. The down side was that she weirdly pronounced some words.

I think this tool could be useful for the myspace page (dunno if'd work on facebook) for a welcome message if it speaks automatically. Of course, the bad thing about automatic sound is that it's annoying for repeat visitors. Perhaps it would be useful on the webpage as an assistance for those who can't read very well.

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