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Hey I'm posting this in Allopathic but also in Pre-medical (just because there are more people logged in and I want as many people to see this as I can).
I'm in med school currently and attempting to select a Text To Speech program which would allow me to listen to material which I've already gone over in settings where I can't be reading. I don't think I could follow a narrative from a computer or IPOD as a primary learning source but re-going over it could help me with details. While I have to clean my apartment or jogging or maybe while getting ready to sleep.
So I found http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.php and some of the voices http://www.naturalreaders.com/sample.php seem pretty good actually - not overly mechanical - way better than the synthetic voices in TTS editors I'm used to hearing.
But they can't do medical terms. Gallbladder ended up with like 10 syllables and if I didn't have the text in front of me a lot of the terms might actually be impossible to understand. At any rate it would distract me too much to be practical.
Other software has engines with medical dictionaries built into the pronunciation but I'm seeing professional software for more than 1,000 US dollars. I need something personal I can use for a lot less. I don't think the Dragon software had a cheap one they advertised for use with medical terms.
Anybody know of an alternative they would suggest?
Ease of Use > Vocab/Pronunciation > Customer Service > Price (subjective; I can't be throwing $500 for something that would only be helpful, not essential)
Thank you very much!
ONE MORE RE-CLARIFICATION: TEXT TO SPEECH. I want to listen to it. I am NOT CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR SPEECH TO TEXT! Thanks!
I'm in med school currently and attempting to select a Text To Speech program which would allow me to listen to material which I've already gone over in settings where I can't be reading. I don't think I could follow a narrative from a computer or IPOD as a primary learning source but re-going over it could help me with details. While I have to clean my apartment or jogging or maybe while getting ready to sleep.
So I found http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.php and some of the voices http://www.naturalreaders.com/sample.php seem pretty good actually - not overly mechanical - way better than the synthetic voices in TTS editors I'm used to hearing.
But they can't do medical terms. Gallbladder ended up with like 10 syllables and if I didn't have the text in front of me a lot of the terms might actually be impossible to understand. At any rate it would distract me too much to be practical.
Other software has engines with medical dictionaries built into the pronunciation but I'm seeing professional software for more than 1,000 US dollars. I need something personal I can use for a lot less. I don't think the Dragon software had a cheap one they advertised for use with medical terms.
Anybody know of an alternative they would suggest?
Ease of Use > Vocab/Pronunciation > Customer Service > Price (subjective; I can't be throwing $500 for something that would only be helpful, not essential)
Thank you very much!
ONE MORE RE-CLARIFICATION: TEXT TO SPEECH. I want to listen to it. I am NOT CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR SPEECH TO TEXT! Thanks!
