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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks, Ron.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I appreciate the info.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PH <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#1F497D">Patricia Erion-Hesse, M.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Disability Resources Accessible Media Lab Technician <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">NorthWest Arkansas Community College<o:p></o:p></span></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"><span style="color:#1F497D">Main office (479) 986-4076<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phone (479) 986-4031<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fax (479) 619-4119<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>Ron Stewart<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Access Technology Higher Education Network'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Text-to-speech for medical terminology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Morning Pat,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ron Stewart<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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 [<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Erion-Hesse, Patricia A.<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 29, 2014 7:51 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Text-to-speech for medical terminology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<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>
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<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>
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