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Software that converts text to voice is readily available and can be easily used to read out Wikipedia pages on-the-fly. See screen reader . The web-based Pediaphon service uses speech synthesis to generate MP3 audio files and podcasts of Wikipedia articles in different languages.
The book was widely praised upon publication. In The New York Times Book Review, critic A.O. Scott wrote that "the publication of Heavy Water, a gathering of nine stories, most of them published in this decade, nearly half in The New Yorker, provides a good opportunity to state plainly what has been apparent for some time: Martin Amis is the best American writer England has ever produced."
Thunder is the sound caused by lightning. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Depending upon the distance from and nature of the lightning, it can range from a long, low rumble to a sudden, loud crack. The sudden increase in temperature and hence pressure caused by the lightning produces rapid expansion of the air in the path of a lightning bolt . [ 4 ]
The LFE channel is a source of some confusion in surround sound. It was originally developed to carry extremely low sub-bass cinematic sound effects (e.g., the loud rumble of thunder or explosions) on their own channel. This allowed theaters to control the volume of these effects to suit the particular cinema's acoustic environment and sound ...
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Further wet and windy conditions facilitated by ‘Atlantic mobility’ are set to dominate UK weather this month
Sir Martin Peter Read, CBE (born 16 February 1950) is a British businessman who has been Chairman of the Senior Salaries Review Body since January 2015, and Chairman of Wincanton plc since 2018. [1] He was educated at Queen Mary's School for Boys, Basingstoke, Peterhouse, Cambridge (BA, 1971) and Merton College, Oxford (DPhil Physics, 1974). [2]