[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                        RECOGNIZING JAMIE DUPREE

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise tonight to recognize an 
innovative journalist, Jamie Dupree, who is an example of perseverance 
in the face of adversity.
  Jamie is a familiar face to all of us in the Capitol, covering the 
goings-on and not-goings-on of Congress. However, he was stricken with 
Tongue Protrusion Dystonia, which left him unable to speak--a radio 
reporter unable to speak.
  Never one to let adversity get him down, Jamie enlisted the help of a 
company named CereProc, which, using his old audio archives, built a 
Jamie Dupree voice app. When paired with a text-to-speech program, 
Jamie will be able to type a radio story, and the program will generate 
a recorded report in his new voice.
  Mr. Speaker, Jamie Dupree is an example for every American who has 
been afflicted with disease. Tenacious, intelligent, determined, he is 
a credit to his esteemed and essential profession, the media, and to 
his organization, the Cox Media Group.
  Way to go, Jamie Dupree. We are all with you, buddy.

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