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CLEMMONS, NC (PRWEB) June 23, 2004 -- NextUp.com has released version 1.0 of its NewsAloud software that can automatically retrieve news stories from a variety of news sites such as Yahoo News and Reuters, as well as from any RSS Feed (RSS is a format for syndicating news and other web site content). It uses Voice Synthesis (Text To Speech or TTS) to read these news stories aloud on a PC. NewsAloud's automatic audio file creation can also keep the 100 most recent stories available as MP3 or Windows Media files ready for playback on your iPod, PocketPC, or even on your TV with Tivo's Home Media Option.

A leading provider of TTS software, NextUp develops applications to make the PC an information audio center. Optional premium voices are offered for a wide range of available speech including US, British and Indian accent English as well as Spanish, German and French voices.

"Broadcast news is often just too generic to satisfy the information needs in today's specialized world", said NextUp President Rick Ellis. "NewsAloud introduces the idea of a Personal NewsCast, where you listen to stories on the topics and from the sites that interest you most. It's an opportunity to get your information delivered by audio on a timetable that works for you."

NewsAloud costs $19.95 and is available for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. It may be purchased securely from http://www.nextup.com. Evaluation copies available on request. For more information, contact NextUp.com, 2668 Lewisville-Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC 27012. Email: rdellis@nextup.com. Internet: http://www.nextup.com.

About NextUp.com
NextUp.com is a division of NextUp Technologies, LLC. In addition to NewsAloud, NextUp.com markets other innovative Windows software designed to save time and deliver vital information. TextAloud speaks any text such as web pages, documents, emails, PDF documents and ebooks aloud or to audio file. WeatherAloud is a weather application that lets you select and listen to personalized weather forecasts.

StocksAloud reads stock updates and related news headlines aloud for companies you are tracking. All products have the option to create MP3 or Windows Media Files for use with iPod, Portable MP3 Players, PocketPC, or with Tivo's Home Media Option. For more information, contact NextUp.com, Email: rdellis@nextup.com. Internet: http://www.nextup.com.

For more information, reporters may contact:
Rick Ellis - NextUp.com
rdellis@nextup.com
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