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pseudointellectual

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  1. Text to Speech programs:

    -NaturalReader 10 free version. Converts text documents to spoken word. Does not generate an audio file though, file reader lang talaga sya.

     

    -Balabolka. Same thing as NaturalReader, but you can save speech generated as an mp3 or wav file.

     

    -another alternative is Dspeech (scroll down a bit). Can save to audio files too.

     

    I'm using Balabolka btw to generate audio books for law school. Do take note though that these TTS programs are merely the front-end.

     

    Let me explain a bit.

     

    A simplified explanation is that the TTS front-end converts the text into a phonetic transcription that can be understood by the TTS back-end (or synthesizer). Based on this phonetic transcription from the front-end, the synthesizer then generates the sound. So generally the TTS synthesizer may vary in the voices used, the language employed, or in its vocabulary (e.g. ability to pronounce medical jargon correctly). My Windows 7 has Microsoft Anna as the built in TTS synthesizer (seriously, it sucks compared to say IVONA's British English Amy or Brian. No, IVONA voices are not free lol).

     

    You can download free speech synthesizers here: http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm.

  2. leakage: math (calculus) removal exams (really desperate since it was my third take). nag-finals exam kasi yung isang friend ko nung umaga sa calculus na pang-summer nila so nagpa-review ako sa kanya. Apparently yung exam nila pareho pala sa exam ko nung hapon kaya halos mangiyak-ngiyak ako nung exam ("tears of joy" ika nga) dahil papasa na din ako ng math whee!!!

     

    pangongopya: naging kakalase ko sa Kasaysayan 2 (Asian History) yung isang ka-batch ko so nung finals exam. Isang part ng exam e blank map na mag-iidentify ka nung mga rivers/mountains/lakes etc. dun sa mapa ng Asia. Nagtabi kami nung ka-batch ko tapos sinagot namin normally for the first 30 minutes or so. Tapos nag-exchange papers kami (unauthorized) at finill-up nya yung mga di ko nasagot and vice-versa. Feeling ko mas nakarami sya sakin pero nakadagdag din naman sya ng 6-8 points (out of 75) sa score ko.

     

    Kodigo: Sa physics sinulat ko sa cover ng sci. calc. ko with a pencil yung mga formulas. Di mo sya makikita kung titignan mo directly (grey yung calcu ko e) pero kung tiningnan mo sya at an angle with a light source medyo makikita mo sya. Bagsak pa din ako dahil di lang kasi plugging-in nang values yung p6 namin nung high school.

     

    Mas matino naman experience ko sa accounting. Iniwan ko yung folder ko with readings sa isang stall ng CR at ipinagdasal ko na walang magnenenok o di kaya'y maglalagay nun sa lost and found (di rin naman makikita ng prof ko dahil babae sya hehehe). Naka-review naman akong mabuti pero may nakalimutan akong 5 or so items kaya napapunta ako ng cr bago ko ipinasa yung exam. Ayun, wala namang gumalaw nung folder ko. Ayun, +5 points. pero 1.25 lang ata nakuha kong grade sa exam na yon e.

     

    Makatulong sana sa aking kapwang ma-diskarte. Hindi masamang mandaya kung hindi ka mahuhuli. Come to think of it though, ilang sems na din akong di nandadaya...

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