[macvoiceover] Re: Interesting use of Alex

Actually, I've got a friend I do that with; he finds reading long passages dificult (dyslexic)and so if I have a lot to say I can just have Alex put it all together as an MP3. 

Jane


On May 14, 2008, at 4:06 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
and he could just as easily go a step further and send audio instead of 
eyestrain.

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Folks,
Here's an interesting use of Text to SPeech for the sighted.
Marshall



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Got a Mac? Let Alex proof your writing before you post it
Written by David Alison · May 14, 2008

I just wrote about using the text to speech capabilities with Alex
yesterday and already I have found a use for "him" that is very cool
and I want to share with you.

Have you ever had to write a significant e-mail that you read through
several times before sending out? How about a blog post, or even a
comment that will be published on the web for all to see? You know the
kind: you want to make sure you are sending the right message and that
it reads well. What I started doing yesterday has become something
that I think I’ll be doing all the time moving forward.

Highlight the text right before you hit Send or Publish and let Alex
read it back to you. Does it read Okay? Is your sentence structure
clear? As the author of the text you write you will probably have the
tendency to gloss right over a phrase that is difficult to read
because you don’t see it the same way.

I’ve found that if I let Alex read over it I get a chance to hear what
my words will really sound like before I even show them to others. For
this purpose I have assigned the Command-Option-S key combination to
my friend Alex.

He reads it back to me before I send it off and I get a sense for what
my words actually sound like. Thanks Alex!
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