For Release Tuesday, September 30, 2003 Contact: rdellis@nextup.com NextUp.com releases version 1.10 of StocksAloud Text to Speech Software CLEMMONS, NC — NextUp.com today announced that it has released version 1.10 of its StocksAloud talking stock ticker product. StocksAloud allows investors to manage their market investments and business interests by tracking stock and company performance and news. StocksAloud's Text To Speech (TTS) capabilities provides verbal updates on Dow and NASDAQ listed companies, reporting throughout the day any changes in stock price as well as headlines related to those companies. NextUp's Speech software is popular with consumers, educators and business customers who need to add Text to Speech capability to their personal computers (PCs). Users who choose to add the optional AT&T Natural Voices when purchasing receive the Natural Voices engine bundled with the US English Mike and Crystal voices. Additional Natural Voices can then be purchased separately including more US, British and Indian accent English voices as well as Spanish, German and French voices. "StocksAloud now supports the full range of AT&T Natural Voices™", said NextUp CEO Ken White, "and these additional voices bring amazing realism to our products. With StocksAloud, your PC gives you a personalized business newscast throughout the day."
StocksAloud costs $14.95 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: rick@nextup.com. Internet: http://www.nextup.com. About NextUp.com # # # For more information, reporters may contact:
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