Speakapedia™ is a tool for Mac OS X which creates podcasts from Wikipedia articles.

There is a free 14 day trial available and if you like what you see then you can purchase the full version for only $14.95 (plus tax in EU countries).

Want to listen to some sample articles? Check out our podcast.

Features

Bring Wikipedia to Life

Prefer listening to reading? Bring knowledge to life by letting Speakapedia™ automatically convert your chosen article into the spoken word.

Instant Album Art

The main picture found in the Wikipedia article is instantly used as your track’s album art.

Just the Interesting Stuff

All non essential text is filtered out, leaving just the main article text. You can also choose which sections within your article you wish to convert to speech.

Beautifully Organized

Your chosen article is stored in iTunes as an album with each section being a track.

iTunes Import

Speakapedia™ automatically imports your spoken articles into iTunes ready to listen or sync with your ipod or iphone.

Leopard Only

Speakapedia™ harnesses the latest advances in speech technology using “Alex”, Apple’s leading edge English speaking voice.

System Requirements

What do people think?

“If you own a Mac and have a commute of any length, you want Speakapedia!”, Stefan Kozlowski

Let us know what you think.