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    Thread: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to speech
Post: RE: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to spee...

An interesting, and possibly creepy, feature is the ability to use your own voice to create a voice to use with text to speech. In theory, you could even use someone else's voice and fake what they ar...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 2 4679 04-12-2021, 03:38 AM
    Thread: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to speech
Post: RE: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to spee...

Replica Studio may not be the best text to speech for all situations, mostly because of price and not a big selection of voices. But there are some really cool ways to use it and in many situations i...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 2 4679 04-12-2021, 03:25 AM
    Thread: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to speech
Post: Dramatic voice overs using AI and text to speech

I'm been messing around with some of the newer text to speech apps available and came across one that really stood out called Replica Studios. https://replicastudios.com/ It's different from the othe...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 2 4679 04-12-2021, 01:41 AM
    Thread: 60 Best Free Courses For Marketers
Post: RE: 60 Best Free Courses For Marketers

(11-17-2020, 06:39 PM)Neil797 Wrote: Some of these look good, thanks Kurt ! There are some interesting courses. ;) For those that didn't check out the page, here's a few samples: Here's a sample of...
Kurt The Stampede 7 9907 11-19-2020, 09:33 AM
    Thread: 60 Best Free Courses For Marketers
Post: 60 Best Free Courses For Marketers

Here's a really great list of "60 Best Free Online Courses For Whatever You Want to Learn". The courses all are IM related and cover a wide range of topics like social and video marketing and a lot mo...
Kurt The Stampede 7 9907 11-08-2020, 03:03 PM
    Thread: aWeber now has a free version and other free email autoresponders
Post: aWeber now has a free version and other free email...

aWeber now offers a free version for up to 500 email addresses and 3000 total emails sent a month. It has removed a few features but it's still got plenty of features. https://www.aweber.com/pricing.h...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 8 13251 07-15-2020, 05:34 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

I use frozen bananas a lot. I drink a lot of protein shakes and SlimFast and instead of using milk a lot of times I'll just use water and 1/3 frozen banana or frozen berries and frozen banana with jus...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 05-05-2020, 07:02 PM
    Thread: Do Not Make This Mistake
Post: RE: Do Not Make This Mistake

Quote:So, I bought a good old fashioned loud mouse and I'm happy again. But, I'm positive that if I had to work a whole day with that silent mouse, I would be locked up either in jail or a mental hosp...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 2 6527 05-02-2020, 01:26 PM
    Thread: Do Not Make This Mistake
Post: Do Not Make This Mistake

Even though I'm an old (emphasis on old) IT guy, I rarely will make a public declaration against software or devices. That may change because I'm about to start doing technology reviews but it takes a...
10x Water Trough - Off Topic 2 6527 05-02-2020, 01:00 PM
    Thread: What are some of your favorite life hacks?
Post: RE: What are some of your favorite life hacks?

I pulled a squirter off a squirt bottle and put in on a bottle of rubbing alcohol and it works. I also have a 6 oz squirt bottle of H2O2 for first aid kits I got at Dollar General. I just refill it fr...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 28 41544 05-01-2020, 07:20 PM
    Thread: What are some of your favorite life hacks?
Post: RE: What are some of your favorite life hacks?

About the hydrogen peroxide being in a dark container. A couple weeks back I bought a quart spray bottle at a dollar store. I'd planned to mix some bleach water in it. When I went to mix it I found t...
JoeSpirit Water Trough - Off Topic 28 41544 05-01-2020, 12:43 PM
    Thread: What are some of your favorite life hacks?
Post: RE: What are some of your favorite life hacks?

Here is one. Have a dog? A dog collar with a hidden compartment. [Image: https://i.pinimg.com/474x/08/6b/06/086b0...d-dogs.jpg]
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 41544 05-01-2020, 09:17 AM
    Thread: Random weird thoughts and comments
Post: RE: Random weird thoughts and comments

(04-21-2020, 02:39 AM)Kurt Wrote: I always wondered why hot air balloons weren't invented sooner? The basic materaials needed have been around forever. The Greeks (and many others) had to know hot a...
Claire Koch Water Trough - Off Topic 28 37571 04-25-2020, 07:22 PM
    Thread: Help Us Help You - We need this to give you the best replies
Post: Help Us Help You - We need this to give you the be...

If you're new to marketing we can help. But we need some basic info to give you the best advice.  Just fill out this form and it will create a new thread with your info. Go here. This special page wi...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 0 27507 04-21-2020, 07:45 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

Discovered this today. Sitting in my easy chair, watching some WWE reruns, my wife served me hamburger helper enchilidada. I like it. There was a bag of potatoe chips next to my chair, so I dipped the...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 04-19-2020, 04:58 PM
    Thread: Random weird thoughts and comments
Post: RE: Random weird thoughts and comments

(04-18-2020, 09:57 PM)Kurt Wrote: I really like The Rock, but can't think of a single movie of his I really like. Can't remember the name of his movie and I didn't watch the whole movie, but it was ...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 37571 04-19-2020, 04:22 PM
    Thread: Random weird thoughts and comments
Post: RE: Random weird thoughts and comments

Perfume so strong that it takes my breath away. People that break line. Cowboys that don't tip their hat to a pretty girl, yet expect the girl to make them breakfast the next morning. :dodgy:
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 37571 04-19-2020, 12:21 AM
    Thread: Random weird thoughts and comments
Post: Random weird thoughts and comments

I can't stand the sound of a broom with hard bristles sweeping, especially a push broom. It's like finger nails on a chalk board to me and have to use brooms with soft bristles. I love the sound of i...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 28 37571 04-18-2020, 09:56 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

My banana bread will have to wait. My nieces and nephew visited and ate all of my bananas. Seems they like my banana chips with caramelized sugar. Its a poor mans snack that I taught my sisters how to...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 04-18-2020, 04:34 PM
    Thread: Here Kitty Kitty
Post: Here Kitty Kitty

I didn't take this pic but it's literally about 1/4 mile from where I live. The wildlife is really coming out without as many people and cars out and about. It's a good thing it didn't step on the aut...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 0 3731 04-16-2020, 07:44 PM
    Thread: Amazon Associates Reduces Commissions April 21, 2020
Post: RE: Amazon Associates Reduces Commissions April 21...

The new Apple iPhone SE 2020, available April 17 2020, Average retail is $399.00 To comapre almost anything between eBay and others I like to start with Google Shopping first to get an overall id...
Jeffery Cash Cow Marketing 5 7883 04-16-2020, 01:39 PM
    Thread: Amazon Associates Reduces Commissions April 21, 2020
Post: RE: Amazon Associates Reduces Commissions April 21...

Sad. Bezos is the richest man in the world and Amazon's stock has been soaring. We're in the middle of a lockdown and now Bezos feels he needs more money at the expense of his affiliates. Another rea...
Kurt Cash Cow Marketing 5 7883 04-16-2020, 04:51 AM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

I used the bread recipe above "as is" for pizza dough once before. It was OK but was "too bready" tasting, so I tried something a little different this time. I cut the yeast to 2 teaspoons and instea...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 04-12-2020, 10:16 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

(04-09-2020, 09:47 PM)Donna247 Wrote: (04-06-2020, 04:54 PM)Kurt Wrote: Here's an interesting article on how to make your own yeast at home. This is how bread was made for 1000s of years before co...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 04-09-2020, 10:30 PM
    Thread: IM Related Pet Peeves
Post: RE: IM Related Pet Peeves

Too many and not enough time to list them all.  :cool: I was listening to a "guru" yesterday. I knew it was a pitch. I'm familiar with this person and like them generally. Yesterday the pitch was abo...
10x Cash Cow Marketing 37 45564 04-08-2020, 11:37 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

Here's an interesting article on how to make your own yeast at home. This is how bread was made for 1000s of years before commercial yeast was created about 100 years ago. https://www.theverge.com/20...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 04-06-2020, 04:54 PM
    Thread: What are some of your favorite life hacks?
Post: RE: What are some of your favorite life hacks?

I spent a lot of time in my past trying to think of the perfect place to hide a spare house key. I was always afraid that if I could think of a place to hide a key so could someone else. Then one day...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 28 41544 04-03-2020, 09:23 PM
    Thread: Funny pets and animals
Post: RE: Funny pets and animals

Just a bear helping out... https://i.imgur.com/VjN3Mz0.mp4
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 70 100150 04-01-2020, 03:55 PM
    Thread: What's wrong with this picture
Post: RE: What's wrong with this picture

The carrots are on a plant instead of in the soil. The clock numbers run right to left instead of left to right (clock wise). Books under the kichen sink. The title of the book the man is reading i...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 36148 03-30-2020, 06:44 PM
    Thread: What's wrong with this picture
Post: RE: What's wrong with this picture

(03-30-2020, 02:57 AM)Kurt Wrote: (03-30-2020, 02:07 AM)Donna247 Wrote: She's wearing dark hose (?) with light colored shoes.  Isn't that something wrong??  LOL Why is there a key and key hole in...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 36148 03-30-2020, 04:02 PM
    Thread: What's wrong with this picture
Post: RE: What's wrong with this picture

(03-30-2020, 02:07 AM)Donna247 Wrote: She's wearing dark hose (?) with light colored shoes.  Isn't that something wrong??  LOL Why is there a key and key hole in the frig? I see 2 more, saving for...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 28 36148 03-30-2020, 02:57 AM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

A FB friend made this loaf using the recipe I posted above. I'd post a pic of my own loaves but that would mean I have to do housework. :)  [Image: https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...e=5EA3B17...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 03-29-2020, 01:16 AM
    Thread: What's wrong with this picture
Post: RE: What's wrong with this picture

(03-28-2020, 10:19 PM)Donna247 Wrote: The clock is backward. Curtain is on the outside of the window. No handle on the cabinet doors except on the inside of the cabinet door.Good catch Donna. I saw...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 36148 03-29-2020, 12:33 AM
    Thread: What's wrong with this picture
Post: RE: What's wrong with this picture

I think the carpet cleaner is actually a floor buffer? The window shows it is dark outside and the doorway shows it is light outside. Also, it is not a picture. It is a drawing. The woman is wearin...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 28 36148 03-28-2020, 01:18 AM
    Thread: How long have you had your present phone number and main email address?
Post: RE: How long have you had your present phone numbe...

I've had my AOL email account since the mid '90s and one mobile phone number (German) also for a very long time. Branding wise, what I do is use my website's email domain and forward the emails to a ...
Jeffery Water Trough - Off Topic 3 10282 03-28-2020, 01:13 AM
    Thread: How long have you had your present phone number and main email address?
Post: How long have you had your present phone number an...

I've had this phone number about 3 years. I've had the same "main" AOL email address for 24 years. Why AOL? When I first got online I was fairly migrant and wanted a service I could use anywhere I wen...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 3 10282 03-27-2020, 10:42 PM
    Thread: Funny pets and animals
Post: RE: Funny pets and animals

[Image: https://scontent-den4-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t...e=5E950D1E]
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 70 100150 03-16-2020, 03:23 PM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

I love pinto beans. They're healthy and cheap and I make a pot of them pretty often. Here's something I learned just a little while agao that really helps. When you soak them add a couple of teaspoons...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 03-08-2020, 07:09 PM
    Thread: What are some of your favorite life hacks?
Post: RE: What are some of your favorite life hacks?

The ear canal and sinuses are all connected which is why it's suggested to us h2o2 at the first signs of a cold or flu. If corona starts to really spread I'm going to put a couple of drops in my ears ...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 28 41544 03-07-2020, 04:50 AM
    Thread: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking
Post: RE: Kurt's Bachelor Cooking

Here's my favorite bread machine recipe... First, they lie. :) All the bread machine advice says to be careful and put the yeast in last in a little hole on top of the dry stuff so it doesn't touch ...
Kurt Water Trough - Off Topic 75 113529 03-07-2020, 03:52 AM