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

[Mary Popish]

Thank you, everybody, for your helpful suggestions and insights! I really
appreciate this community.

Take care,
Mary

*Mary Popish*
Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator
Disability Resource Center
Portland State University

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On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 5:02 PM foreigntype at gmail.com <foreigntype at gmail.com>
wrote:


> 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

>>>

>>> *Mary Popish*

>>> Adaptive Technology Specialist & Alternate Formats Coordinator

>>> Disability Resource Center

>>> Portland State University

>>>

>>> Phone: (503) 725-9119

>>> Fax: (503) 725-4103

>>> Email: drc at pdx.edu

>>> URL: http://www.pdx.edu/d

>>> <https://www.pdx.edu/disability-resource-center/>

>>> isability-resource-center

>>> Pronouns: she / her / hers

>>>

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