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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sean,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks so very much for the additional information.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Our nursing students are looking for a program that reads medical terminology as accurately as possible.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">We have found some online medical dictionaries that do a great job with pronunciations, but we haven’t been able to find the perfect TTS software.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Have a great week.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Pat H.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Patricia Erion-Hesse, M.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Disability Resources Accessible Media Lab Technician <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Main office (479) 986-4076<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax (479) 619-4119<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0">9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday<o:p></o:p></span></b></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>Sean Keegan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:38 PM<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">Hi Pat,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">TextAloud is another solid application to consider. That said, I have found Balabolka supports many of the same capabilities at a much nicer price point (free!).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have found *some* of the more expensive voices can read medical/technical terms more accurately, but this is not always true. It may be necessary to modify the spoken word pronunciation in the application itself.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For example, in Balabolka, you would need to go to View > Show > Panel of Dictionaries. This will open a panel on the right side of the interface. If you click on the Edit button on the top area of that panel, you will then see a few dictionary
entries in which the written word is "corrected" into the spoken word.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you are looking at purchasing one of the higher quality voices, you may want to try and enter different terms on that web page and try out how the content is spoken. For the most part, I have had good results with Ivona voices, but given
that medical terms may contain a doctor's or scientist's name as part of the condition, it really just depends.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, regional differences may have an impact on how accurate the TTS voice is perceived in speaking the text content. I had visiting professor in grad school who insisted on pronouncing "musculoskeletal system" as "musculo ske LEE tal
system" - needless to say, all of us would cringe.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, I would suggest the following - although I have ZERO hard data and the following is based purely on anecdotal evidence - try an English speaking voice that has a slight accent. Some of the English speaking students I have worked
with prefer a slightly accented voice as they feel they do not get too hung up on what may be mispronunciations of the text. For the Ivona voices, this may be something like Ivona Amy (British English) or if using Nuance then Tessa (South African). <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope this helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:17 AM, "Erion-Hesse, Patricia A." <<a href="mailto:perionhesse@nwacc.edu">perionhesse@nwacc.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I have tried Natural Reader and Balabolka, but I have not purchased additional voices. I also listened to the Ivona voice samples, and I agree that they are
outstanding.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you purchase additional premium voices, have you found that they will read the medical/technical terms more accurately?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I saw some info about<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>TextAloud3</b>, but I haven’t tried it yet. Have any of you used it? ($29.95-$59.95) </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://www.nextup.com/press/120412.html"><span lang="EN" style="color:purple">http://www.nextup.com/press/120412.html</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks again.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Pat H.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Patricia Erion-Hesse, M.A.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">NorthWest Arkansas Community College</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:AltText@nwacc.edu"><span style="color:purple">AltText@nwacc.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Main office (479) 986-4076</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Phone (479) 986-4031</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Fax (479) 619-4119</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0">Office Hours:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#7030A0">8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Monday</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">athen-list
[mailto:athen-<a href="mailto:list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu">list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sean Keegan<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Athen] Text-to-speech for medical terminology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Paul,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes - that is another great app to consider. I am finding it does a very good job at handling MS Word documents (docx) and supporting the math component. I have not been able to find a way to modify the speech output to structure the pronunciation
of technical terms, but the TTS voices on my OS X system seem to be handling most college content without a problem. In addition to word/audio highlighting synchronization, it will also support sentence/audio highlight synchronization.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for posting!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 29, 2014, at 10:50 AM, "Paul E. Paire" <<a href="mailto:paire@temple.edu"><span style="color:purple">paire@temple.edu</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Great list. I found out about a new product at the most recent CSUN conference that you may want to consider adding to your list.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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(64bit only) and Mac (Mavericks and Mountain Lion) platforms</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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words (if this means what I think it means)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Supports
multiple formats; copy and paste content into CAR</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">-</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:#1F497D"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Can
use multiple voices (it uses SAPI 5 voices so you have free and commercial options)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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adjustable speech rates</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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export to MP3 and HTML including batch export</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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math (Word’s equation editor and MathType formats)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Disclaimer: I do not work for Central Washington University or have any affiliation with them. I only have limited exposure to this product and have not used
it in a production environment.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">athen-list
[mailto:athen-<a href="mailto:list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu"><span style="color:purple">list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Sean
Keegan<br>
<b>Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, April 29, 2014 1:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Access Technology Higher Education Network<br>
<b>Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Athen] Text-to-speech for medical terminology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Pat,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are a few options to consider for text-to-speech (TTS) systems that are both free and paid-versions. Also, if you are on a Windows computer I would consider purchasing high-quality TTS voices and then you can use a variety of different
TTS applications. If you are on a Mac running OS X 10.7 or later, then you can download good quality voices for free.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Balabolka<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Synchronizes words<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Supports multiple formats; copy and paste content into Balabolka interface<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Can use multiple voices<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ivona Reader<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="http://www.ivona.com/us/reader/"><span style="color:purple">http://www.ivona.com/us/reader/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Free to $300 (price varies on TTS voices selected)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Windows platform<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Synchronizes words<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Supports multiple formats; copy and paste content into Ivona interface<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- LOTS of voices to choose from<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Natural Reader<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="http://www.naturalreaders.com/"><span style="color:purple">http://www.naturalreaders.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Free to $199<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Also has OCR capability at higher priced version<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Synchronizes words<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Supports multiple formats; copy and paste content into Natural Reader interface<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- No synchronized TTS with words<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Any selectable text<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Supports multiple voices<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ghostreader<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/product/ghostreader"><span style="color:purple">http://www.convenienceware.com/product/ghostreader</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- $40 for application<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Synchronizes words and sentences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Supports multiple formats<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">- Can use any TTS voice installed on OS X system<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">These are just a few applications that you may want to consider that do TTS alone. If you are looking for something that provides more of a study tools environment (highlighting, etc.), then I would suggest checking out Claro Read, Read
& Write Gold, or Kurzweil 3000. All of these systems (except for the Speak Selection in OS X) allow for the manipulation of the TTS output, so for technical language you can edit the TTS vocabulary to get the proper pronunciation.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would highly recommend checking out the Ivona voices. You don't have to purchase the Ivona reader or any of those products, but the TTS voices developed by Ivona are amazing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take care,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sean Keegan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Apr 29, 2014, at 5:50 AM, "Erion-Hesse, Patricia A." <<a href="mailto:perionhesse@nwacc.edu"><span style="color:purple">perionhesse@nwacc.edu</span></a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Does anyone have recommendations for a reasonably priced<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>text-to-speech</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>software
that accurately reads<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>medical terminology</u>?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Thanks for your help.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pat H.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Patricia Erion-Hesse, M.A.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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