Hello. I had an inquiry from a student today regarding an inexpensive
text-to-speech option for AOL Instant Messenger. He is able to read the
screen and use a mouse, I think. But he also needs the auditory input. He
mainly wants to hear the text that he types spoken back to him, as well as
hearing the responses from others.
I found a program that is supposed to do this for MSN Messenger, but not
for AOL Instant Messenger.  I don't know if Narrator or perhaps a bit more
sophisticated text-to-speech program would do this. I use JAWS and am aware
of other full-fledged screen readers, but I don't think  he needs anything
that complex.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Bruce Coonce
General Disability Specialist
Office of Disability Services
Southwest Texas State University
601 University Drive
SAn Marcos, TX 78666
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