Since March 2005, France's Speechi has had a
company blog covering all things Speechi-related, plus op. ed. on issues in software development, e-learning standards, and ICT. Originally available only in French, the blog is now bilingual, joining a
growing web of French resources on blogs, educational technology, and design.
Author Thierry Klein's English is slightly idiosyncratic, but his blog gives external readers an interesting perspective on the e-learning landscape in France / Europe. Thierry's writing is colourful and opinionated, and his blog has generated several interesting debates on issues such as
the origin and value of the term "rapid learning" (sadly for non-linguists, discussions are still mostly in French).
OS note: Speechi software is not currently Open Source (see
the op ed piece on this issue by Speechi's Thierry), however, the company claims that various issues pertaining to OS -- interoperability, philosophy etc. -- are "under consideration". Difficult to see how the company could move wholesale to OS, though, given that their
Speechi Live product uses Skype (which is still free -- for now -- but not OS). For the moment, Speechi Lite is available as a free download.
