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Topic: Text into Time-editorial workflows revolutionized
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| t.schneider | Posted – 11/15/2007 8:53:30 AM | show profile | email poster Editorial workflow specialists Code Couture from Berlin announce a new, indispensable tool for newsrooms producing podcasts, radio and TV bulletins or other audio-based media for cross-media applica-tions. For copy editors it is now possible to easily project texts into a fourth dimension: time. Berlin ? Until today, texts have traditionally been measured by word-counts, character counts, lines, inches or centimeters. These units are standard at magazines, newspapers and websites, but for podcasts or video productions they are pretty much useless. Converting text lengths into reading lengths has been a matter of estimation until now. TextTime solves the problem by determining the reading length of any text as it is being composed. Writers and editors can tell in a flash how long their texts will take to be read for broadcast. There are five standard reader settings. TextTime makes it possible for editors to write texts which can be immedi-ately processed for cross-media platforms. TextTime becomes a component of the software preferred by editors such as Adobe InCopy or Microsoft Word. Specify a given limit, and TextTime marks the text, indicating how much has to be cut/added to come in on time. TextTime retails for 79 euros and is available for Adobe InCopy at http://www.code-couture.com. TextTime for Microsoft Word is scheduled for release shortly. Code Couture was founded in 2001 and is specialized in customized soft-ware solutions. It designs software and IT-infrastructures and supports them for a range of business clients with a special focus on newsgathering and media companies. System integration for editorial workflows is a key competency. More information, screenshots, logo: http://www.code-couture.com/presse.php Contact CODE COUTURE Software Solutions & Support GmbH Torstrasse 105-107 - 10119 Berlin - Germany http://www.code-couture.com Press contact Team CODE COUTURE markengold PR GmbH fon +49.(0)30.219159-60 - fax +49.(0)30.219159-69 code-couture@markengold.de |
