"In all probability, you already have Microsoft's text-to-speech software installed on your computer. This technology, when passed a string of text, reads (or speaks) the text back to you. I remember the first time that I heard text-to-speech and speech-recognition technology demonstrated on a personal computer. While impressive, it was like a dog walking on its hind legs -- not because it was done well, but because you were surprised that it worked at all. Both text reading and speech recognition have come a very long way since then, to the point where Microsoft's text-to-speech (TTS) technology is distributed for free and is very impressive . . ."
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