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Speechable enters the speech bubble wars

Speechable understands that a picture is worth a thousand words, and thus a picture with words must be worth exponentially more.
Speechable provides a simple method to adding speech bubbles to your photos. Just upload a photo, select one or more speech bubbles, and place them wherever you like. You can resize both the text and the bubble to better fit the picture. When you are done adding bubbles, you are given links to add the photo to your blog, website, or email it to a friend.
We could find few differences between Speechable and Kyolo: a similar service that we recently reviewed. Most notably the use of rectangular bubbles instead of elliptical. We can't help but think that the first service to add multiple bubble shapes will win the war.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...

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jtb said 1:16AM on 7-24-2008
I like http://www.superlame.com but it is still beta.
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Carolyn Andrws-Allred said 12:12AM on 7-26-2008
You guys are funny! I love the article posted 7/22/08 on Speechable Bubbles...yes, the very idea that multiple bubbles will win the war makes me want to go out and blow a few bubbles for history! Thanks and I am in first time today! Carolyn Andrews-Allred, artist
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Vian Hu said 3:12PM on 7-31-2008
I have tried speachable.com. Very cool website and easy-to-use tools. The comments of the pictures are very funny! The site also provides links to be posted anywhere. Even one click to send my funny commented pictures to friends. SUPER!
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