FLNewsBrowser for Mac

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Developer’s Description

By SYW Mac Software

Learn foreign languages through online news.

FLNewsBrowser is an application for accessing to news provided by NHK Radio Japan. NHK Radio Japan broadcasts Japanese news in several different languages on the Web. It provides not only audio data, but also complete transcripts. So, this data is very useful for foreign language students; especially for improving their listening skills. You can access this audio and transcript very easily through the FLNewsBrowser. Just launch the application, and you're ready ready to study. Enjoy your studies, with FLNewsBrowser! So far, English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, Korean,Portuguese, Russian and Spanish are available.

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GENERAL

Release: May 12, 2009

Latest update: August 12, 2010

Version: 1.3.2

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System

Mac OS X 10.4
Mac OS X 10.5
Mac OS X

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 152

Downloads Last Week: 1

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5/5

2 User Votes

NHK world uses real people...
wsmtMay 9, 2009
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Happy to see this application get updated because NHK changed the format of their website last year, and the reorganization rendered the previous version unworkable (it looked like NHK had changed the names/paths for the sound and text feeds). Careful when using the 'adjust speed' on the playback (top right hand corner)--- it's a really useful tool for slowing things down, but if you overdo it, the voice quality becomes a little strange. Don't get confused, like the poster below, and assume that it's a machine reading the text--- you can find the exact same newscasts on the NHK site i.e. French at www.nhk.or.jp/french and korean at www.nhk.or.jp/korean etc.... The beauty of this app is that it takes a free online resource, and makes it just that more accessible...
The French is definitely not a native speaker
Stuart LeitchMay 9, 2009
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This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />The French that I heard today isn't remotely close. It's probably a computer voice, pronouncing according to the rules of American English. Not useful at all.