Exploring OddCast: Text to Speech, 3D Photo Face, & Augmented Reality

I'm not sure how many of you have already heard about OddCast. I first discovered about it while bloghopping; I saw a widget from a blog that translates languages and pronounces the translations for you. You can choose from a number of characters available, male or female, with options like pronouncing English the American way or the English (UK) way. Enthusiastic I was, I went to their main site and discovered a lot more technologies from them.

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The Works of Román Cortés

If you ever thought that you couldn't do extraordinary things on the web without the use of JavaScript or Flash, you're purely mistaken. While sitehopping, I came across to Román Cortés' portfolio (www.romancortes.com) and have experienced the jaw-dropping CSS tricks he made. I always believed we need to rely on JavaScript for these kind of tricks, but I was wrong. And so I compiled his must-be-seen works in this post to give you an idea what I'm talking about.

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