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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Cath and everyone else who responded to my MP3 question,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a site license for Read and Write, but, as you said, Cath, TextAloud seems to work better for our needs. We may have a look at Balabolka as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tristen, we do have OpenBook, so that may also be an option.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wink, thanks for those links to Balabolka. I think we may explore this a bit further.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">George, I read that info about the Microsoft Supported Low-Cost Assistive Technology Project that you mentioned on Friday. It looks interesting, and we will have a look at it when it’s released.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It looks like we have a lot of options, so it’s just a matter of trying them out to see which works best.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you all again for taking the time to respond.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Russell<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stager, Catherine<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 31, 2022 11:18 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Revisiting the best program for creating MP3s<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Russell,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kurzweil has the functionality within the desktop version of the program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The reason I prefer TextAloud is the ability to customize the pauses that are associated with the punctuation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also, it has a really easy-to-use pronunciation dictionary and the ability to create “play lists”.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cath<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com">tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com</a><br>
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<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Athen] Revisiting the best program for creating MP3s<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Russell,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you already have OpenBook 9.0 (from Freedom Scientific), you can do this quite easily. Simply open the pdf in OpenBook, then open the file menu and select Save as audio. The program will generate an mp3 audio file using the selected
TTS voice and save it in the location you selected. Then, you can play the mp3 using your preferred media player. It is really easy to do.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I do not have Kurzweil, but I’d guess that it has similar functionality for saving pdf files as audio.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hope that helps.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tristen Breitenfeldt<o:p></o:p></p>
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