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Very cool idea! Been wondering if something like this exists.

You say "Professional features coming soon"... a feature that I would pay for is turning an RSS feed (or a group of RSS feeds!) into a podcast. Great way to receive your news every morning.

I would absolutely pay for this also.

Thanks for the heads up!

To ensure this gets the attention it deserves, I'd love to have this feature as well and would be happy to pay for a service like that.

Hey,

I am one of the people behind SoundGecko, and we've recently launched in Sydney last week at a conference, and have received some coverage today by The Verge at http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/17/3164861/soundgecko-convert...

We use a mixture of API services, Windows Azure for hosting, native iOS development for the mobile app, and e-mail gateways such as Postmarkapp.com for e-mail routing.

Make a private RSS feed so I can subscribe to it in my podcatcher and I am sold!

Hey, guys -

This is ridiculously cool. It hits something I've toyed around with doing myself for a few years, and I will definitely give you a try tomorrow. The fact that you're from Sydney and I'm aiming to move down under makes things that much sweeter.

That said, I'm curious: I'd love to see a service that turns larger blobs of text into audio format (e.g. audiobooks). Do you have any plans for doing that?

Thanks for the feedback!

We're from Melbourne actually (not that far!) but were in Sydney for Microsoft's Imagine Cup/BizSpark APAC Summit.

Australia is pretty cool.

We're just getting started; and hope to improve the service, among other new products, very soon.

Let me know if you spot any sweet spots you'd like to see improved (andrew at 121cast dot com) if you like.

Driving is one of the few times I stop mindlessly reading mediocre content [1] on whatever screen happens to be in front of me and actually start thinking. It's a wonderful website and I'm sure some will gain great value from the product - just consider whether you really need another avenue of endless information, or a moment of peace instead.

[1] hyperbole

...or you could take public transit with your smartphone tethered to your netbook.

If you live in Silicon Valley like I do, public transit is sadly lacking.

Upvote for public transit. The service is still useful for bus/train riders. Especially during busy commute hours, when you are often forced to stand, having something you don't have to look at would be pretty cool.

Still waiting on my mp3 to get a feel for the quality, especially when it comes to technical stuff, but I dig the idea!

Sorry about the delay. Our email outbound provider dropped the ball and there's a big backlog of emails. Trying to get it sorted now.

(part of SoundGecko team)

The queue has been fixed, e-mails were delivered recently. Apologies for the delay.

if you dig soundgecko, check out aurality. It's real time, open to RSS feeds or individual articles and also reads out your "Pocket" a.k.a ReadItLater list.

Disclaimer: I am a co-founder at Aurality

"multi-task... while you drive" sounds like a terrible pitch for any product.

Amazing.

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