October 2005

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[1 - Greetings - Win a NextUp Duffel Bag!]
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Hello from NextUp.com!

Congratulations to Jeff H. in California, our previous drawing winner.  This month one lucky winner will receive one of our NextUp.com duffel bags, so be sure to read on for details on how you can enter the drawing.  Thanks for staying tuned!

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[2 - NextUp.com and Neospeech Release New Asian Voices]
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We are happy to announce that in partnership with Neospeech we've released 6 new Asian Voices.  These high quality voices work great with TextAloud, are SAPI5 compatible, and are available for:

-Chinese (Mandarin)
-Korean
-Japanese

You can hear samples and purchase these at

http://www.nextup.com/neospeech.html

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[3 - TextAloud Firefox Toolbar]
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The Firefox browser has quickly become a popular alternative to Internet Explorer.  After thousands of requests, we have developed a Firefox Plugin or Toolbar for Firefox.  This adds a TextAloud toolbar to the Firefox browser making it easy to speak web pages or import web news into TextAloud.  If you use the firefox web browser and want to try out the toolbar, download the latest TextAloud from

http://nextup.com/TextAloud/download.html

Close Firefox before installing TextAloud.  After installation is complete, the toolbar should be available within Firefox.  You can display/hide it using View->Toolbars within the Firefox main menu.

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[4 - TextAloud Tip of the Month - Starting Speaking in the Middle of an Article]
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One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is: How do you start speaking in the middle of a document or TextAloud article, instead of starting at the beginning every time?  There are two helpful solutions to this.  First, you can start speaking at any spot by clicking at that spot in the TextAloud article, then doing one of the following:

-Right-Click and choose Speak From Cursor Aloud
-Choose Speak->Speak from Cursor Aloud on TextAloud's main menu
-Hit the shortcut key for Speak From Cursor Aloud, which is Control-F4

You can also speak just a section of an article by highlighting the section, then choosing Speak->Speak Selected Text Aloud menu option.

Finally, bookmarks can be helpful in navigating a long article that you are frequently working in.  You can set bookmarks at any spot within the text using Edit->Add Bookmark.  You name bookmarks yourself, so you can easily remember what each one represents.  Then, you can return to that spot at any time via Edit->Goto Bookmark.  Once returned to a bookmark location you can use Speak From Cursor Aloud to start speaking at that spot.

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[5 - Beta Tests of New Voices]
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We will soon begin beta testing new voices in Portuguese, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and Swedish.  If you are a TextAloud user and are interested in reduced price purchase of these premium voices and are willing to provide feedback to use, then let us know by emailing us at

betavoices@nextup.com

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[6 - Content Site of the Month - Buzzle.com]
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We are always looking for great content ideas from our users.  These sites are full of great texts you can easily turn into great listening.  Our site this month is Buzzle.com at

http://www.buzzle.com

This site is full of content on a variety of topics, including sports, science, history and more.  The articles can be viewed in printable format, and easily copied into TextAloud.  If you have suggested sites for us, let us know.

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[7 - Enter to Win a NextUp.com Duffel Bag]
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Our NextUp.com duffel bag is great for the gym or anywhere you need a cool bag to throw your stuff in.  All you have to do to enter is send an email to

newsletterdrawing@nextup.com

We'll draw a winner from entries received by Friday, October 16 to win one of our NextUp.com Duffel Bags.  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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