Hello! I am the friend of whom Christine spoke. I have been using my iPad to speak now for over a year. It is called Voice Reader and the company is Linguatec. It was a whole $1.99 and for 99 cents more you don't need an Internet connection.
There are many voices available and if you ever go to a foreign country, you can change the language, type it in English and it will translate for you.
Hope it helps you!
Cindy

'08 SCC Rt tongue,part glossect.
'09 Rt neck dissect, 3 Cisplatin, 35 rad.
Aug '11 Rt tongue,hemiglosstmy, Lt neck dissect, forearm flap, 8 Erbitux,30 rad, brachy tongue.
Oct '12 SCC prev stoma site. SCC inside trachea.
Nov '12 total larengectomy, addl neck disect, pec flap
Oct '15 Myelodysplastic Syndrome (form of leukemia)

Dec 8, 2015 passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones
How Cindy wants to be remembered..."I want people to realize I am no longer trapped in this body prison, and I will be free and whole. I want to be remembered by all the good and loving times spent together, not in sadness."