Siri-Like Voice Echoes as Florida Lawmakers Clash

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May 1 (Bloomberg) -- Mary, a female robotic voice included in Microsoft Inc.'s text-to-voice software, reads a bill being debated in the Florida House of Representatives. Republican House Speaker Will Weatherford employed the software after Democrats demanded that every bill on the floor be read in full. Democrats are protesting the Republican-majority's refusal to expand Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law. (Source: Bloomberg)