Alessandro Vernet

Member since: May 5th, 2006

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Mac Automation: listen to a text document (TUAW.com)

Feb 29th 2008 4:56PM Works great! I am just wondering if there is a way to pass parameters to the Text to Audio File action, such as speed.

Alex

Google launches updated Gmail Mobile interface (Download Squad)

Sep 25th 2007 6:11PM Have you noticed how the interface is different when you access it from an iPhone? It seems more polished, but is missing the very important "Report Spam" button. :(

Alex

Skype for the iPhone (Download Squad)

Aug 15th 2007 10:10PM I don't think your call with through GPRS with this software. Instead, they seem to be using a call-back.

Alex

Swift: A Windows web browser based on Apple's WebKit (Download Squad)

Aug 9th 2006 9:31PM Very nice. If this works well enough, we'll be able to test on Windows how pages are rendered on Safari.

Alex

Google Translator Boomerang (Download Squad)

May 5th 2006 2:11PM Automatic translation is not only fun, it is also quite useful. Use it to learning Spanish, to help you draft that email in French, or to understand what people are saying on that web page in German.

In some cases, it is useful to be able to see an "instant" translation of what you type, instead of having to click on that "submit" button, wait for the result, modify your text, click that "submit" button again... Have a look at this page that does exactly that, using Ajax for the front-end, and making calls to the Google translation services:

http://www.orbeon.com/ops/goto-example/xforms-translate

Alex