The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
I haven’t actually tried it (family quiet time), but it looks promising. Not as nice as downloadable sound files, but still useful.
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Thanks for the link, Cricket. I tried "Dear Sir" at 60 wpm, and the robotic voice distorted the sound of each word so that each would last one second. If you try longer words, it speeds it up somewhat, so apparently is counting words and not syllables for the speed. At 150 wpm, and with longer texts it still sounds robotic. Interesting idea though.
Not surprising. My old program added space between words for slower speeds.
Disappointing, though, since most of us want to start much slower.
As for counting words vs syllables, they're usually close enough for personal use.
I wonder how accurate the speed setting is. Cepstral's speed setting was seriously messed up. In one range, adding 10wpm created only a tiny increase, then suddenly it started creating a large increase. A good chunk of the program was calibration. If this program uses the same TTS engine (unlikely) it could have the same problem.