View a PDF file for this press release 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 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.
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