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#SoftWare Reading text with celebrity voices Service uberduck.ai allows users to turn any text into audio files with the voices of various celebrities and fictional characters, as if they themselves voiced the printed message. The main feature of the service is that anyone can add new voices. Users with basic programming skills can create a new character and teach the neural network his or her voice by uploading audio files with examples of speech. Now a large number of different voices are available on the site: movie, TV series and cartoon characters, video game characters, participants in TV shows and commercials, politicians, rappers and rock musicians. https://uberduck.ai/#voice=brock&mode=tts-reference

#SoftWare Everyone Piano is a virtual piano that will help aspiring musicians conquer the art of playing keyboard instruments.

#lifehack How to visit blocked sites without a VPN Finding a fast and secure VPN service can take time. If you don't have one and need to visit a blocked site, the search engine Startpage can do it without any costs, registrations and SMS. Startpage provides the same search results as Google, but without any tracking elements. A distinctive feature of the search engine is the anonymous browsing feature, which allows you to visit sites without any trace, as if with a VPN service enabled. To browse privately, click on the mask icon next to the websites listed in the search results. This will open a confidential page in a new tab, guaranteeing a secure HTTPS connection on both desktop and mobile devices.

#lifehack How to make your photo look like a cartoon Image to Cartoon is a service for creating animated avatars and emoji using AI. In addition to processing a photo in cartoon style, the service produces a series of collages with the added photo. All images can be downloaded for free in .png format, photos are not stored on the service, the cache is cleared every 3 hours. Also, the service does not require registration to process photos. To make a photo a cartoon, just click on the link and select your photo. Within seconds the service will process the photo and will give the result. Service allows you to process 10 photos per week for free.

#lifehack Alternative search engines In addition to Google and Yandex, there are other search engines. 1️⃣ DuckDuckGo positions itself as a search engine providing maximum privacy and confidentiality. 2️⃣ Metasearch Dogpile displays a combined list of results from Google, Yahoo, and other popular search engines. 3️⃣ FindSounds searches open sources for various sounds. The service does not support queries in Russian, but there is an impressive list of Russian-language tags that can be searched for. 4️⃣ Wolfram|Alpha is a computational search engine. Instead of links to articles containing keywords, it gives a ready answer to a user's query. 5️⃣ BoardReader is a text search system for forums, Q&A services, and other communities.

#SoftWare 3D modeling online There are expensive professional applications for working with 3D graphics, but it will not be easy for a beginner to master them. To begin with, you can try your hand at special online services. tinkercad.com is an online version of the popular 3DMax application from Autodesk. Tinkercad is free and friendly to novice users. It uses complex objects that consist of simple shapes. You can use pre-made shapes or upload your own. Existing shapes can be moved or rotated. It is also possible to set the required dimensions. At tinkercad.com, you can find instructions, tutorial videos, and other useful content for beginners to help you learn modeling as quickly as possible.

#lifehack How to stop Facebook from spying on you all over the Internet Facebook doesn't hide the fact that the company documents user activity even outside of the social network. This can be seen in the content of ads based on collected information from inconspicuous "Like" and "Share on Facebook" buttons on visited sites that track movements without direct interaction. Users concerned about privacy can install the Facebook Container extension for Mozilla Firefox, which will prohibit the collection of your data in several forms: once the plug-in is enabled, Facebook tracking systems on third-party sites will be isolated and the social network page will open in a limited window. When you click an external link from Facebook, the page will be loaded outside the container, that is, in a separate tab. And when using the "Share with Facebook" button on external sites, the new tab will open in an isolated space, thereby helping to avoid tracking by the social network.

#SoftWare Burner Mail - temporary email Is an extension for Chrome and Firefox browsers , where you can create and use one-time email addresses. If you need to hide your email when you register on a website or send an email anonymously - the service will solve these problems. The free version gives you one one-time address and keeps the history for 7 days, in the paid version for $2.99/month the number and memory is unlimited.

#SoftWare Removing the background from video footage Removing the background from video is often a real headache. Not every program is able to handle this task, plus you might need skills you don't have. How nice that there is Unscreen. The service supports a bunch of video formats and automatically removes the background from them. Depending on your needs, you can choose a transparent background, a solid color, another clip or an image. And the result is saved as a GIF file, animated PNG or individual frames. https://www.unscreen.com/

#lifehack Recover deleted files Wondershare Recoverit from recoverit.wondershare.com lets users try to recover deleted files from hard drives and USB drives. The application supports more than 1000 different formats and a large number of plug-ins. Allows you to recover data due to accidental deletion, formatting, device corruption, virus attack, etc. To use, connect your device and run a search for deleted files. The utility will find deleted and corrupted files and categorize them. If the recovery is successful, you can save the file. https://recoverit.wondershare.com/data-recovery.html

#SoftWare Sites for free learning programming The days when knowledge of programming languages was the privilege of the few or cost a lot of money are over. Today you can learn to code online and for free. If you want to start a programming career or just create projects for fun, check out these free sites and courses where you can learn to code: Codecademy - read the theory and improve your web programming skills by completing assignments in an interactive code editor. Apple Developers - a must-have resource for anyone who plans to create apps for macOS and iOS. freeCodeCamp - will teach you all the basic aspects of web programming from basic concepts to complex development techniques. PythonChallenge - Looking for the easy way? Try solving this mystical programming puzzle. CodeCamp - and finally, our cool channel with books, courses and useful services for programmers and beyond.

#SoftWare How to turn any device into a second monitor When you perform several tasks on your computer at the same time, it happens that you want to have a second monitor. If you can't afford one yet, you can use your smartphone or tablet as an additional display. Deskreen allows you to use any device with a browser as a second monitor via Wi-fi. To do this, you need to install the application, connect the devices to the same wi-fi network, and click on the link. Then you choose what you want to display: the whole screen or an application window. Then you select whether you want to show the whole screen or an application window, and you are done. You can connect several devices at the same time. For example, use a different device for each application window. If you suddenly need a teleprompter, the Descreen app is also for you. A virtual display adapter is required for full use as a second monitor. Available for all operating systems. https://deskreen.com/

#SoftWare How to view the content of torrent files without downloading Sometimes downloading a torrent file takes a huge amount of time and at the end of the download it may turn out that the content is not suitable or even damaged. To avoid being in such a situation, you can use the service Webtor . It provides safe and anonymous access to the content of torrent files that have peers, allowing you to both download and browse media files without delay. The whole process takes place right in your browser and playback starts without waiting for the file to fully download from the BitTorrent network, allowing you to conveniently watch movies and shows even on mobile devices. http://webtor.io/

#lifehack How to run Android applications directly in your browser Creating and configuring a full-fledged Android emulator takes time and requires some system resources. For its implementation most often resort to programs like NoxPlayer or Bluestacks, but sometimes it is enough just to use a web browser. ApkOnline is a cloud service that allows you to run free Android applications. On the site you can run a pure Android, or immediately select an application from the library, which will run with the emulator. In addition to the applications provided on the site, you can install an extension for Chrome, which allows you to run third-party APK applications in the emulator.

#SoftWare USB Disk Security is an anti-virus utility for Microsoft Windows operating systems. It is designed to detect and remove computer viruses that try to infect your computer through flash drives, in particular it protects against potentially dangerous Autorun.inf files. The program is not a full-fledged anti-virus, it is recommended to use it only as a supplement to the main anti-virus.

#lifehack How to quickly extract an image from a PDF There are many ways to extract images from a PDF file. You can take screenshots and crop the images one by one or import them all at once using photoshop. The first way will greatly reduce the quality, and the second way requires Photoshop. There is a special service that will make the task as easy as possible. PDFCandy is a service for editing PDF files. With "Extract Images" the service allows you to extract and download all the images from a PDF file in a few clicks. To use it you need: 1️⃣ Go to 2️⃣ Select the PDF file 3️⃣ Download the desired images

#GamePC Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a game with a unique blend of fierce combat and mystical adventure. You play as the werewolf Kahal, who decided to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. System requirements: Operating system: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 / AMD FX-8370 RAM: 4 GB Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650, 1 GB 💻 Repack