Free Speech

Recently, my wife got a nasty cold that robbed her of her voice. It made it difficult for her to communicate in any way, except with a whisper.

I realized you could use Google Translate (English-to-English) to speak for you. You type in a term, translate, then click the speaker icon and the voice speaks it for you.

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Just be aware that it's only good for short phrases, at least in the iPhone app.