[Athen] technology support for Arabic

[Sean J Keegan]

Hi Wink,

 > A student on the campus told me today that she would like
 > to take Arabic and asked if there is any text-to-speech
 > technology available in Arabic.

There is a TTS voice in Arabic that is available as a free download in 
Apple OS X Lion.  If you go to the System Preferences > Speech > System 
Voice and then choose "Customize" you will be able to find many 
different languages.  Just download the preferred voice and you are all set.

Here is the note from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/whats-new/features.html#accessibility

Here is a YouTube video of the TTS voice:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gut0-dZs2I

Take care,
Sean

-- 
Sean Keegan
Associate Director, Assistive Technology
Office of Accessible Education - Stanford University
http://studentaffairs.stanford.edu/oae