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May 26, 2005

Proofing with speech synthesis

I really enjoy listening to a speech-synthesised playback of a newly-written work while I scan the text for errors.

Even though the synthesised voice sounds artificial, it won't tire or read what it expects to see (e.g. "the" instead of "the the").

I happen to use the free version of a Windows application called "ReadPlease". Scanning text as it is read aloud by this software is a more effective way for me to catch mistakes than proofing in silence or muttering the words to myself as I read.

Posted by garyduke at 10:43 PM | Comments (0) | TrackBack