XML for journalists This is very cool. The session is heating up now--the tech is getting everybody excited. Northrup says there is software themescape that does a textual analysis and then produces a topo map -- IRONY, the software isn't on the market anymore. Capshare by HP--obsolete technology that was a hand scanner to .pdf that had corrected the problems of hand held scanners. Showed us this--whoa, not enough bought by consumers, and they never thought to market the thing to media outlets. Control Tower software from one of Ifra's European partners. Very cool dynamic pages asp database to keep track of all the info about stories that are going to be covered in a multimedia way. DAT recorders--small portable, can swap the smart cards in the newsroom for convergence uses, and also to post online. Recommends this to replace casette players. Lots of the DATs use voice recognition software, like Dragon. The ones with smart cards are the most effective because they keep the content separate from the recording device. See the ojr.org site for a journalist in a suitcase equipment overview that includes some DAT devices. Hey, and if you look at the article "Behind the Gear", there's a piece on Ifra and Kerry Northrup Sony Mavica that records to CD-ROM and will do audio. ARCOS multimedia jukebox--digital microphone, MP3 player, records the audio as an MP3, also includes a small webcam attachment--MPeg4 video, or still photos. Has a 20MB memory, LCD for review of files.