Altec Lansing unveils VoicePod
The new Altec@work division of Altec Lansing Technologies has introduced its first product, a unique USB-based input/output peripheral for processing audio files.
Slightly larger than a standard computer mouse, VoicePod allows users to record and attach high-quality voice files to documents and e-mail messages with the touch of a button.
Functioning as a compact input/output system, the unit can be used for a variety of other audio applications including voice command and web-based teleconferencing or videoconferencing.
After connecting VoicePod to a PC's Universal Serial Bus (USB) port, users can record .wav audio files and attach them to e-mail messages with the touch of a button. VoicePod is compatible with popular applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Word, Netscape Messenger and others.
The recipient of a voice e-mail can then click on the attached voice file and hear the sender's voice without the need for any "plug-ins" or proprietary software.
VoicePod will be available in October for $149.95. More information on the Altec@work product line is available at www.alteclansing.com .
- 8X CD-recorders come with free 40X CD-ROM drives
- Torvalds, Allen to unveil secret chip startup
- Intel christens SpeedStep for mobile P3
- AMD may pitch in to make Mac chips
- Arcade games to get PC force feedback realism
- Dell launches broadband plan
- Compaq scuttles Unix-on-Intel plans
- Intel takes USB networking home
- Hotmail users exposed. . .again
- Surf PC-free with Microsoft's 'Web Companion'
- New Sharp LCD monitor for video, PC
- GT Interactive hits the dirt
- Ericsson introduces palmtop computer
- Consumers win in big ISP merger
- Dreamcast sales hit half-million mark
- Sony expands VAIO notebook line
- Sun posts beta of next-generation Java
- Intel seeks fix for `Camino' errors
