December 2004

[1 - Greetings - Win Something from NextUp!]
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Hello from NextUp.com!

We hope all of you have a safe and wonderful holiday season.  Congratulations to Ken M., who won the drawing last month for a NextUp.com golf jacket.  This month we'll give away a NextUp.com duffle bag to one lucky reader so read on to find out how you can enter.  Thanks for staying tuned!

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[2 - Attention - Buyers Outside the United States]
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Recent weakness in the US dollar means this is a great time for people outside the US to buy our products.  Please note that those of you outside the US who want to take advantage of this can purchase through Share-It, our European reseller

http://www.nextup.com/redir/shareit.html

Payment can be made in a variety of International currencies and you still get the same great NextUp.com products and service. 

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[3 - Easy Burning of Audio CDs]
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This months partner product makes it simple and easy to burn audio CDs from any audio file, including MP3 files you create with TextAloud and our other products.  Acoustica's MP3 CD Burner allows simple drag, drop, and burn creation of CDs, giving you another great way to listen to text away from the computer.

You can buy Acoustica MP3 CD Burner for only $24.95 at

http://store.esellerate.net/a.asp?c=0_SKU9321657660_AFL1912586825

or try a demo version at

http://nextupdownloads.com/files/acoustica.exe

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[4 - TextAloud 2.0 Tip of the Month - Proofreading with TextAloud]
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One great way to improve your writing is with better proofreading.  Spell checkers catch the typos but don't help much with missing or wrong words, or with bad grammar.  Whether you write for a living or just want your emails to be mistake free, using TextAloud to listen to text will help catch most mistakes.  To make this process even easier, in TextAloud 2.0 we've created a special proofreading process that makes catching mistakes and correcting them very simple.

You start by setting a proofread hotkey.  Go to Options->Hotkey Setup on the TextAloud main menu, and select a hotkey combination for Proofreading.  Hotkeys are special key combinations that you can press within any program, and as long as TextAloud is running (even if the window isn't displayed), TextAloud will take an action.  You want the hotkey to be an obscure combination so that it will be unique and not in use by other programs.  We recommend Control-Alt-Shift-P for Proofread.  Once this is set, click OK.  Now you can minimize the TextAloud window.

After typing in your document or email, highlight a paragraph of text with your mouse, then hold down the Shift, Control, and Alt keys, and press P.  The TextAloud Proofread window will pop up.  The text of the paragraph will be spoken, with each word highlighted.  If you hear a mistake, simply click anywhere on the proofread window and speaking will stop, returning you to your original document to make the correction.  You simply repeat this process through the document until it is mistake free.  Based on the feedback we've heard so far, this easy process can quickly lead to mistake free writing.

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[5 - Upgrade to TextAloud 2.0 Now]
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Our offer for previous TextAloud buyers to get the TextAloud 2.0 upgrade for $19.95 ($10 off the price for new buyers) ends this month so if you haven't already, be sure to take advantage of this upgrade opportunity.

TextAloud 2.0 has a cleaner, more powerful interface, gives you more control over voices, lets you open Word, PDF and HTML files directly, and has a new Internet Explorer Toolbar Plug-In.  To read about more new features, check out screen shots, and watch a short flash presentation of new features,  go to this page

http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/New2.html

To get your upgrade now, visit

http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/BuyUpgrade.html

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[6 - Enter to Win a NextUp.com Duffel Bag]
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All you have to do to enter is send us an email to

newsletterdrawing@nextup.com

We'll draw a winner from entries received by Friday, December 24 to win a NextUp.com duffel bag.  Thanks and best of luck!

If you find our products useful, please share the news with your friends and at  your place of business.  We offer Volume pricing with Site Licensing available to schools, organizations and businesses.  If you'd like more information on this or have questions about any of our products, please don't hesitate to contact us at

support@nextup.com

Thank you for your interest in our company & products. 

The NextUp.com Team
NextUp.com
The Power of Spoken Audio
http://www.NextUp.com

A Division of NextUp Technologies, LLC

 

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