Rok makes newsreaders out of monkeys

In order to create a free news channel for its free mobile TV service, FreeBe TV, Rok has created electronic newsreaders using a lip-syncing Gorilla avatar. [via The Inquirer ]

" On Monkey News Network (MNN), Rok has taken a text based news feed from the Reuters agency and feeds it into a text to speech converter, which is then read by a monkey".

It's real news, streamed 24 hours a day, updated every 15 minutes.

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emily | 10:05 AM | Multimedia Mobile Services offered by the Press |
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