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text article into an audio?
« on: November 16, 2006, 03:45:00 pm »

Is there a way to take an article such as Alain Briot's " The Eye and the Camera" and turn it into an audio via a software reader? I know that in Acrobat you can have it read out-loud any pdf, granted it's a sloppy computer voice, but if it could be done it would be very useful to listen while working on something else.

Is this at all possible using any web browser? thanks Jeff
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2006, 05:56:07 pm »

Although I haven't tried yet, it seems that it can be done standard on recent iMacs (at least for Engrish).

Not sure about what can be done on PC.

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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2006, 06:39:57 pm »

Do a Google search on text readers.

FYI: blind people not only need a text reader, they need a screen reader, which  works at the OS level, such as Jaws.
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2006, 09:38:07 pm »

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Is this at all possible using any web browser? thanks Jeff

You can check out Opera 9. It has voice capabilities (highlight the text you want read, and it can read it to you...).

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