Tony Karrer

DECEMBER 6, 2007

Mzinga is a merger of KnowledgePlanet (an LMS provider and also the maker of the eLearning simulation tool - Firefly) and Shared Insights - a community / business social networking software company. It makes me wonder what this says about the LMS and tools market. It sounds a lot like an LMS with integrated communities.

Social Networks 100

Social Networks Social Network KnowledgePlanet Mzinga 100

KnowledgeOne

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

This technology works by breaking down text into letters and groups of letters, i.e. into smaller units of sound (phonemes), and rendering it by imitating the human voice. Among the applications, some are designed to generate videos for informational or “formative” purposes, others for marketing or artistic purposes.

Authoring Tools 105

Authoring Tools Tools Examples Text-to-Speech 105

Marcia Conner

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Now I chase after sleep like fireflies: enthusiastically but with little sparkle the next day. Sound smart. They also produce more monotone speech which makes them sound like a bore. Researchers learned this when they adapted a computer game where players marketed a product for a virtual company. Make change.

Firefly 76

Firefly Brain Player Problem 76