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So I found a new fun thing to try in your RP's if you have access to a Mac computer.
Recently I discovered that I can highlight text and have the Mac read it back to me. It turns the RP into some sort of audio book and it made me really excited! I am going to try out some cool ideas with it and see whatI can come up with! I suggest to you all try it out sometime it is really cool!

I used to do this however with a text to speech program online, however I tend to find not all voices are the best, and a typo can throw it off a bit. However, it sure comes in handy if you need to know how a word would sound.

I think it might be fun to hear my RPs being read out if I'm playing 27 or some other robot/android type character whose speech might sound a bit more unnatural and robotic. Otherwise that sort of thing just isn't for me, a lot of fantasy and foreign words aren't read right with such software (especially names!), so it makes it a bit more confusing to me.

For those who don't have a Mac computer, I searched a bit and found this site: http://www.naturalreaders.com/

The sample text I could try out was pretty decently read out! One key point the software advertises might be good for those who know they're prone to make spelling mistakes: "Helps people for proofreading: Not only can help you to pick out mistakes, but also can give you a good sense of the natural flow of what you have written."

If I were to use this sort of software, that's what I'd mainly use it for!