[NIFL-HEALTH:4318] Talking dictionaries

From: Hodorowski, Julie K./Sloan-Kettering Institute (hodorowj@MSKCC.ORG)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2004 - 16:51:01 EST


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I find the Merriam-Webster talking dictionary very useful:
http://www.m-w.com/home.htm.

I hoped that eventually medical dictionaries and drug information
resources such as
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html would apply the
same technology.  

These dictionaries are a step in the right direction.  Listed to Katie
Couric pronounces "bevacuzimab" or your choice of celebrities pronounce
about any cancer term you'd like to hear:

http://www.breastcancer.org/dictionary/term.php?id=101

Talking glossaries (English & Spanish!) at www.genome.gov .

http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm

Julie Keany Hodorowski RN, MA
Information Service Manager
Cancer Information Service of New York 
National Cancer Institute
Phone: 212-593-8245
Fax: 212-593-9154
Email: hodorowj@mskcc.org



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