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Developers have their work cut out. Even if we (impolitely) sidestep the likes of Windows Phone, BlackBerry and the rest, those coders often have to pitch their work across web, iOS and Android. Google’s trying to make that job a little easier, introducing a new tool that automatically converts Java source code into Objective-C, which is used in iPad and iPhone apps. While the J2ObjC tool can’t tackle the UI for these, it does allow developers to craft other parts (including data access and nuts-and-bolts programming) into an easily shareable code without editing. Some existing Google projects already utilize the new translator, but its results remains a little temperamental — the tool hasn’t translated all possible paths just yet, and many Java devs have, according to the project page, “a slightly different way of using Java.”

Google releases new Java to iOS source code translator originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Sep 2012 10:54:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you prefer reading your RSS feeds without the backlight, there’s hardware for that, and if you’d prefer not reading your Twitter feeds at all, there’s now hardware for that as well. Mix an Arduino Ethernet board, an Emic 2 Text-To-Speech Module and the knowhow to put them together, and you’ve got SocialChatter — a neat little build that’ll read your feeds aloud. The coding’s already been done for you, and it’s based on Adafruit’s own Internet of Things printer sketch with a little bit of tinkering so nothing’s lost in translation. If your eyes need a Twitter break and you’ve got the skills and kit to make it happen, head over to the source link for a how-to guide. Don’t fill the requirements? Then jump past the break to hear SocialChatter’s soothing voice without all the effort.

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Arduino-based SocialChatter reads your Twitter feeds so you don’t have to (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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