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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Morning Pat,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I would try Balabolka first, it is free. Though you may need to try different voices to find one that is most understandable to the student. Most commonly available TTS engines handle "romance" based languages very well and almost all US medical terminology is based on Greco-Roman language.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ron Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erion-Hesse, Patricia A.<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Text-to-speech for medical terminology<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have recommendations for a reasonably priced <u>text-to-speech</u> software that accurately reads <u>medical terminology</u>?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pat H.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Patricia Erion-Hesse, M.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Disability Resources Accessible Media Lab Technician <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>NorthWest Arkansas Community College<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:AltText@nwacc.edu">AltText@nwacc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Main office (479) 986-4076<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Phone (479) 986-4031<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax (479) 619-4119<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Disability-Resource-Center-at-NorthWest-Arkansas-Community-College/227556827304712"><span 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