 After living in Thailand and hearing and conversing in Thai everyday I missed hearing the language. I jumped on Woices.com and was able to hear random voice recordings from all over SE Asia and beyond. Woices has a global map with voice icons pointed to areas all around the world that you can simply click and listen to everyday people. I listened to geologist in California talking about rock formations, a French student marveling over Notre Dam, and a radio announcer discussing the news in Spain.
I think the best feature of Woices is the visual map of the world and the freedom to browse and find people discussing various aspects of life in many different languages. As you listen to a voice clip, it shows a Google map image of where the individual was located when they recorded it. As an application, this would be an effective tool in introducing yourself in an online class format, which has participants all over the world. The class would have a better idea of where each other is located and can better relate to one other. Woices is still in beta and in early stages of development but will gather momentum as it bridges the distance gap by bring voices together.
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