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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu> on behalf of Norwich, Lorraine S <lnorwich@bu.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 23, 2018 11:57:40 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> athen-list@u.washington.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Natural Voices</font>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">Dear All,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">I am working with a student who has sleep apnea and finds reading and listening to monotone voices on a computer triggers her sleep. She wants to try text to speech to keep herself awake. She
finds some of the voices very monotonous and difficult to follow. Has anyone found any voices that sound less synthesized and sound more natural that would be helpful for this student.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:black">thanks</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS
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