Read to Me Computer!

My Spec Ed class is no more. I am saddened. I now have to attend Psychology of Education or something along those lines. During our first class, my new prof let us play with text to speech software. One of the programs was Say It Save It. To be honest, I don't really understand why one would use this program. It doesn't seem to be very flexible. Then again, it's probably cheaper than Kurzweil.

This program is ridiculously easy to use. It's a matter of copying and pasting text into it. Therein lies its inflexibility. At the same time, and I have no idea why, but they have a greater variety of voices. Sure there was Alex and Victoria and that other guy who's always bopping around, but they also had voices Kurzweil didn't. I can't imagine why a program like Kurzweil would omit these voices! Perhaps you can enlighten me.

The following recordings were created using Say It Save It. The text comes from an interview that my friend wrote up for one of her school projects. I don't know why, but she thought I was interesting.

Version 1: Cello

Version 2: Good News

Version 3: Bad News

So, what's the deal Kurzweil? Too busy being all educational and stuff? 

If I was entertained, I'm pretty sure a teenager or elementary kid would find this hilarious. Begging the question: Why?

This is what I did to amuse myself today. Don't judge me. Judge B.Ed. Besides, you know you were always wondering what it would be like to have Death read like this for you.

Lauren.