5 incredible but little-known websites to discover

This selection of five essential sites reminds us of the extent to which the web is still likely to hold some nice surprises in store for us.

The web is still able to surprise us, to amuse us, to relax us, to do us great favors. Lost in the anonymous immensity of the web, unmissable but little-known sites are clearly worth a detour. The proof with this selection of five essential web addresses.

1.AI at the service of your speech

The principle: a presenter doped with artificial intelligence (AI) reads a text that you encode.

It's amazing. Click Create a free AI video. Enter a text in French of a maximum of 200 characters in the Edit your video script box. Click Continue. After completing a short form, you will receive a link by email that will allow you to view an amazing video in which a presenter reads your text with striking realism. Behind this little miracle: an artificial intelligence (AI) that synchronizes words and lip movements.

2.Driving in Google Maps

The principle: drive a virtual car through the streets of Google Maps, from the address of your choice.

This is an unusual way to locate and visualize the road that separates point A from point B, bend after bend. Click Start. In the Location name or lat, Ing box, enter the address of your choice and click on Go. You can start directing the virtual car through the streets of Google Maps with the four directional arrows on the computer keyboard.

3.Domino Madness

The principle: create a fall of colored dominoes on a virtual board.

The virtual board is empty when you arrive on the site. Click with the right mouse button and you will drop a first coin. To place a series of dominoes, simply hold down the right mouse button and drag the cursor across the surface. Right-clicking on an already placed domino gives a flick that can cause a chain reaction.

4.Printing made easy

The principle: print a web page by eliminating the superfluous and saving ink.

Most browsers are clumsy when you tell them to print a web page. The layout is often anarchic. It is not possible to remove superfluous elements, such as advertisements. The Print Friendly site comes to your rescue. Copy/paste the address of a web page in the Copy & Paste a URL and Click Preview. Click Preview and Print Friendly presents you with a smartly watered down version of the printable page.

5.The dancing robot

The principle: configure the movements of a frantically dancing robot down to the smallest detail.

Choose one of the seven predefined robots and click on Let's dance so that it begins to jiggle. Then, everything is configurable: the movements of the head, arms, legs, hips. By clicking on Code Mode, it is possible to learn programming by directly tweaking the lines of code that bring the robot to life.

Recap of recommended websites and addresses

1. AI at the service of your speech: https://www.synthesia.io

2. Driving in Google Maps: https://framesynthesis.com/drivingsimulator/maps/

3. Domino Madness: https://domino.roilipman.com

4. Printing made easy: https://www.printfriendly.com

5. The robot dancer: https://roboboogie.codeclub.org.uk