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Welcome
to DeskShare News!
Greetings from the DeskShare team.
We have three exciting announcements this month. We've totally revamped,
rethought, and recreated Site Translator. Digital Media Converter Pro got
a major upgrade. We've also made some major
improvements to our industry leading text-to-speech software, Text Speaker.
Site Translator lets you translate your web site into other languages with
one click. Add millions of potential customers for your site, quickly and
easily. Translation affects only the text, and leaves
the source code unchanged. Version 3.2 increases conversion speed and accuracy, and more than doubles the number of supported
languages! This software is a must for every website owner. For
more details, see below.
Digital Media Converter Pro is the top video and audio file conversion software
available. With the release of version 3, we have made it even better. It
now directly supports dozens of portable players, game consoles, and cellular
phones. The user interface is even better-looking and easier to use. Read on to
learn more about this exciting new version.
Text Speaker has rapidly become a leader in text-to-speech software. We're
happy to announce the release of version 3.1 with talking reminders and audio
outlining. Talking reminders will alert you before appointments, meetings--even
birthdays and anniversaries! Audio outlining makes Text Speaker even more
useful as a study aid. See below for more on Text Speaker 3.1.
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DeskShare
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Site Translator Version 3.2 Released
If your web site only speaks English, you're ignoring hundreds of millions of
potential customers. Translating your site used to be expensive and
time-consuming. With
Site
Translator, you can convert your entire web site between any combination of
the supported languages easily, quickly, and accurately. The program
doesn't change the appearance or function of the pages, just the content.
Internal links are automatically updated to point to translated pages.
Links to other sites are not changed. Some of the advances in the new
version 3.2 are:
- Improved Translation Quality: Translations are more
accurate and readable than in previous versions.
- PHP Site Translation: Site Translator can now
translate PHP files in addition to HTML, ASP and XML.
- Faster Translations: The translation process is
substantially faster.
- Localize Software: Automatically translate
Microsoft Visual Studio RESX files to localize your programs. Now you
can greatly increase the number of people who can use your software in only
a few minutes!
- More Languages Supported: Site Translator can now
translate between 19 languages: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English,
Filipino, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian,
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
For a very small investment, you can get your site listed on country-specific
and language-specific search engines and greatly increase your audience.
Download a free
evaluation copy of Site Translator today, or
learn more.
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Digital Media Converter Pro 3.0 Released
We've made the best media file converter even easier to use! All you
have to do is pick your device from a list, and the
program will convert your movies and music to files that will work on your
player. We have also redesigned the entire user
interface to be more attractive and easier to use. The key new features
are:
- Portable Device Support: Special device profiles for devices
from Apple, Archos, BlackBerry, Cowon, Creative Labs, Epson, iRiver,
Microsoft, and Sony, in addition to many cellular telephones.
- Improved User Interface: More attractive icons and
completely new system for selecting the format to convert into.
Download a free
evaluation copy of Digital Media Converter Pro
or
buy Digital Media Converter Pro today.
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Text Speaker
Version 3.1 Released
Text Speaker
reads text on your PC aloud in human-sounding voices. Rest your eyes while
listening to email and web pages, or use text-to-speech as an invaluable
proofreading aid. Create MP3 files from documents, and listen to your
memos, reports, and homemade audiobooks while driving, biking, or working out.
Now two new features
make Text Speaker even more useful:
- Talking Reminders: Text Speaker will read aloud a
message of your choice at any time. You never need to miss an
appointment again! Choose a one-time reminder, or repeat every day,
week, month, or even year--perfect for birthday reminders. The
reminders are spoken even if you haven't loaded Text Speaker that day.
- Audio Outliner: Use Text Speaker to create an
audio outline. It's a great study aid. As you review material,
you select key points to be part of the outline. When you're ready,
you can either hear the audio outline read aloud at your PC, or convert it
to an MP3 file for listening while jogging, driving, biking, or any other
activity.
Give your computer a voice!
Download a free evaluation version of Text
Speaker today.
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Product
of the Month
My Screen
Recorder Pro
With My Screen Recorder Pro, you can record everything that happens on your
Windows screen, and save the recordings as AVI, WMV, or Flash movies. You can
even create self-running executables complete with chapters and menus. Auto
Tasks perform all conversion and uploading for you in the background, while you
continue to work on something else. With features like timed recording,
support for dual monitors, and a host of others, My Screen Recorder Pro is the
perfect solution for creating tutorials and presentations.
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Featured Article:
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Best
of DeskShare Support |
Video Desk: How to Estimate Video
Storage Requirements?
JFrinak's
Question:
Do you have any guidelines or rules of thumb to help estimate how much storage a
particular video project might require?
For example, if converting the video to Flash for playback, how much storage
might a 2 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, or 1 hour video presentation
require?
Thanks for any insight.
Answer:
A general rule of thumb is that one minute of video will take up 4 megabytes of
your storage space. Thus, a 5 minute movie will be about 20 mb, and a one hour
movie about 240. Our least expensive plan ($19.95/month) would allow you to
store about 25 minutes of Flash video. The 25 minutes can be a single file or
spread over multiple Flash files.
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