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Getting Your News as MP3s?

Posted by Cliff on from the the-world-does-not-revolve-around-.ra dept.

GreenKiwi asks: "I've been really interested in finding a news source that has MP3s of their brodcasts. I have an iPod and download the news in text form most mornings to it so that I can find out what's going on. However, I would love to download (preferably automatically) news in the form of an MP3 that I could download to my iPod in the morning so that I could listen to the news on my way to work. The BBC has Real Audio output, but no MP3s that I can find. NPR has them for Real and WMP. I guess I could download and then convert the files. If that's possible. I'd love to hear whether anyone is doing this and how."

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  1. DIY :) by joebp · · Score: 4, Interesting
    lynx -dump ${URL} | ${YOUR_FAVOURITE_TEXT_TO_SPEECH_PROGRAM} | ${YOUR FAVOURITE_MP3_ENCODER} > outfile.mp3

    You'll probably need to tweak the voice the TTS program produces to avoid involuntarily wetting yourself laughing when it makes hilarious speak-o's.

    Also, you'll need to find a decent news site with few extraneous words and crap.

  2. WAMU.ORG... by jea6 · · Score: 4, Informative

    WAMU, one of DC's "public radio" stations streams in MP3 format. http://www.wamu.org

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