Battling brain disorder, Va. Rep. Wexton uses text-to-voice app in House speech

When Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton stepped to the microphone to tell fellow House members she wanted to rename a post office after a former constituent, the message was clear — but it wasn’t Wexton’s voice giving the speech.

On Monday, Wexton used a text-to-speech application on her iPad as an assistive device after last year’s diagnosis with a progressive brain disorder.

Holding her iPad’s speaker next to the microphone, Wexton explained to her colleagues why she was using...