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Product Description:
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 youÃ?¢ââ??‰â??¢re ready to study. Enjoy your studies, with FLNewsBrowser!
So far, English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), French, Korean,Portuguese, Russian and Spanish are available.
What's new in this version:
Improved "PinYin" translate function.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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Download Links:
Download FLNewsBrowser Version 1.3.2 (File Size: 130k)
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Download FLNewsBrowser Current Version (File Size: 130k)
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.0) |
Features: | (5.0) |
Support: | (4.5) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.5) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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The French is definitely not a native speaker - Version: 1.3.2, 5/9/2009 05:56AM PST
(0 of 1 users found this comment useful)
Stuart Leitch
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.
it does not open - Version: 1.2, 6/8/2007 11:08AM PST
yandher
System requirements are mac os 10.3 and active internet connection. I have both (10.3.9 and DSL connection), and FLNewsBrowser suddenly closes when i try open it.
Console log:
2007-06-08 19:58:44.652 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
2007-06-08 19:58:44.652 FLNewsBrowser[13445] An uncaught exception was raised
2007-06-08 19:58:44.662 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
2007-06-08 19:58:44.662 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** Uncaught exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
Any suggestion? Regards.
Console log:
2007-06-08 19:58:44.652 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
2007-06-08 19:58:44.652 FLNewsBrowser[13445] An uncaught exception was raised
2007-06-08 19:58:44.662 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
2007-06-08 19:58:44.662 FLNewsBrowser[13445] *** Uncaught exception: <NSInvalidArgumentException> *** -[NSTextView setBaseWritingDirection:]: selector not recognized
Any suggestion? Regards.
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...