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CLEMMONS, NC - NextUp Technologies (http://www.Nextup.com) announces that its popular Text to Speech software TextAloud can now be used with iTunes! With the release of the latest version, TextAloud is now fully compatible with the popular iTunes service (http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview), adding ease, fun and functionality for iTunes users everywhere.

Priced starting at just $29.95, TextAloud allows anyone with a PC to simply and affordably export text from books, websites, or even PDF files into natural, human-sounding speech. For the many people who use it to create audio files for portable devices like the iPhone™ and iPod®, TextAloud's newfound integration with iTunes is an especially welcome update.

"This latest enhancement was created especially with the needs of iTunes users in mind," comments Rick Ellis, President of NextUp Technologies. "TextAloud now works seamlessly with iTunes, automatically placing created audio files into iTunes for easy synching with their iPod®, iPhone™, or other iTunes-compatible portable audio players."

Audio files generated by TextAloud are automatically added to the iTunes library, in a playlist name that users themselves can specify. Once users have completed updating iTunes with audio from TextAloud, they simply need to 'synch' their iPods from iTunes as normal. This will update their devices with their TextAloud audio and playlists seamlessly.

About TextAloud
TextAloud has been featured in The New York Times, PC Magazine, Writer's Digest, on CNN, and more. Hailed by critics and users alike, TextAloud is priced at just $29.95, and is compatible with systems using Windows (R) 98, NT, 2000, XP and VISTA. The program is available for fast, safe and secure purchase via /purchase.html.

NextUp.com also offers TextAloud with optional premium voices from AT&T Natural Voices (TM), NeoSpeech (R), Nuance (R), Acapela (R) and Cepstral (R) for the most natural-sounding computer speech anywhere. Available languages include U.S. English, U.K. English, Indian Accent English, Scottish Accent English, French, Canadian French, Latin American Spanish, Castilian (European) Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch, Belgian Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish and Arabic.

About NextUp.com
NextUp.com, a division of NextUp Technologies, LLC, provides award-winning Text to Speech software for consumers, business customers, educators, and those with visual or vocal impairment, or learning disabilities.

In addition to TextAloud, NextUp.com markets other innovative Windows software designed to save time and deliver vital information. NewsAloud™ is a talking personal "news agent" that finds the stories users want, and then reads them aloud or to portable audio files. WeatherAloud™ is a weather application that lets users select and listen to personalized weather forecasts, while StocksAloud™ reads stock updates and related news headlines aloud for specific companies of interest. NextUp Talker is an easy and affordable program that allows people who have lost their voices to use the latest in high-quality computer voices to communicate with others.

Note to Editors:

Evaluation copies of TextAloud are currently available upon request. To receive a review copy, or for more information on NextUp.com or TextAloud, please contact publicist Angela Mitchell at (904) 982-8043.

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