I found a site where you can listen to people read the sentences in different accents and tried to see if it was possible to hear a series of lines aloud without them gathering meaning.
The package uses an external text-to-speech engine (like flite) to pronounce the word at or near point, the selected region or a whole buffer. M-x read-aloud-this-- pronounce either the selection or a ...
The bestselling author of “Presumed Innocent” has a new masterful legal thriller. A judge named Rusty finds his peaceful retirement disrupted when his troubled stepson and his girlfriend ...
1, I ask people, “What resolutions will you make this year?” With reliable frequency, people tell me, “I want to read more.” Perhaps that’s not surprising. Most of us have the sense that ...
The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to ...
During the holidays especially, how can I connect with someone who has late-stage Alzheimer’s disease? As Alzheimer’s disease progresses to the late or severe stage, there are still ways you ...
Cassidy Horton is a finance writer covering banking, life insurance and business loans. She has worked with top finance brands including NerdWallet, MarketWatch and Consumer Affairs. Cassidy first ...
The writing’s solid, but the story’s great and apparently the author, Cate Kay, is using a pseudonym and literally nobody knows who she is; it’s causing quite the tizzy. Everyone’s on fire for it—they ...