[Athen] Natural-sounding text-to-speech tech?

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Joseph,

This is very interesting and helpful! Thank you so much!!

Wink

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 4:09 PM Joseph Polizzotto MA <
jpolizzotto at berkeley.edu> wrote:


> Hi Mary:

>

> One option is to produce stand-alone HTML files with SVG versions of the

> math.

>

> The math alt text can be added in the title attribute of the SVG element

> which could be read out loud by a TTS reader such as MS Edge's Read Aloud

> utility. Edge's voices have good prosody and are free.

>

> We have developed a DOCX-HTML script

> <https://github.com/polizoto/DOCX-HTML>that leverages Node's Tex2SVG

> <https://www.npmjs.com/package/tex2svg>utility plus Volker Sorge's Math

> Jax speech rules engine <https://www.npmjs.com/package/mathjax-node-sre>

> to generate a more natural-sounding math. In a future release of the

> script, we will also allow the user to customize the alt text to fit a

> student's individual preferences.

>

> I have attached an example that you could try out.

>

> Joseph

>

> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 9:39 AM Mary Popish <popish at pdx.edu> wrote:

>

>> Hi everybody,

>>

>> I hope you are well! I'm writing to see if anyone has suggestions for

>> text-to-speech tech that:

>>

>>    - Can reliably pronounce science and math content correctly, and

>>    - Sounds as natural as possible.

>>

>> I'm working with a student who is taking upper division science courses

>> and is struggling with mispronunciation from the computer-generated voices

>> in Kurzweil, Voice Dream Reader, and Voice Over. The student is an

>> iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS user.

>>

>> In a best-case scenario, the student would prefer a human voice

>> recording, but most of their course materials are not available in

>> audiobook format. I'm working on finding a creative tech-based alternative,

>> and I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have!

>>

>> Take care,

>> Mary

>>

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