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CLEMMONS, NC - Text to Speech leader NextUp.com (http://www.NextUp.com), a division of NextUp Technologies, LLC, announces the exciting addition of several new Nuance RealSpeak Solo® Voices to the array of Premium Voices for its popular software TextAloud.

TextAloud is the simple, affordable and convenient PC program from NextUp that enables users everywhere to listen to their reading "on the go," in natural, human-sounding speech. Unlike some of the latest expensive gadgets and eReaders, TextAloud doesn't require special hardware, and allows PC users to export their reading into sound files for listening on just about any format desired - from portable MP3 players, to iPhones and iPods, Blackberries, laptops, or simple export to CD. The seventeen new vocal options now available from Nuance RealSpeak for TextAloud further enhance an assortment of Premium Voices that already included dozens of languages and accents from across the globe.

"The new Solo® Voices now available for TextAloud from Nuance RealSpeak have already proven very popular with users," comments Rick Ellis, President of NextUp.com. "We're delighted to be able to add these superb new Premium Voices to our array of Nuance RealSpeak voices, and in several different languages, as well!"

The new Nuance RealSpeak Solo® Voices are priced at $45 apiece, with each high-quality SAPI5 voice averaging around 100MB in disk space per voice. Each Nuance RealSpeak Solo® Voice supports speed (but not pitch) adjustment, and the new U.S. English voices are also supported by TextAloud's Advanced Phoneme-based Pronunciation Editor. The new voices include U.K. British, Irish, Scottish, Taiwanese Mandarin, Spanish, Danish, Italian, Basque, Catalan, Hindi, Icelandic, Czech, Norwegian, Swedish, Finish, and Turkish. They are available via download or CD, depending on the user's preference, and can be sampled and purchased at /nuance.html or http://sites.fastspring.com/nextup/product/RealSpeak.

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™, Nuance®, Acapela® and Cepstral® for the most natural-sounding computer speech anywhere. Available languages include U.S. English, U.K. English, Indian Accent English, Scottish Accent English, Arabic, Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Belgian Dutch, Faroese, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Castilian (European) Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.

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. 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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