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CLEMMONS, NC - With the recent release of the next generation of portables
like Apple's enormously popular iPhone (TM), there's never been a better
time for people to discover the power of Text to Speech products like NextUp.com's
software TextAloud.
Introducing an entirely new user interface, the iPhone (TM) is a revolutionary
new portable combining three products into one small, lightweight handheld device.
For users who create audio files for use on their portable devices, and
who seek the perfect hardware complement to Text to Speech, a product that
operates as a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod (R) and a pocket Internet browser
is more than ideal. TextAloud is a terrific fit for use with this kind of new
technology.
"Users of iPhones (TM) as well as other recently launched multitasking portable
devices are clamoring for useful software programs that allow users to utilize
them to their fullest potential," comments NextUp President Rick Ellis.
"Products like the iPhone (TM) illuminate what a portable device is really
capable of, especially when enhanced with the power of Text to Speech."
Equally useful for commuters and truck drivers, students and teachers, TextAloud
is an award-winning program that enables anyone to easily and affordably
export books, magazine articles, web content, even e-mails, into spoken audio.
TextAloud smoothly converts text into spoken audio for listening on a PC or
laptop, and can also save text to audio files for playback on portables like
the iPhone (TM), iPod (R), PocketPC (R), and a wide range of other players
and devices. A software program that is highly popular with people of a
variety of professions and walks of life, TextAloud is inexpensively priced,
and is simple for anyone with a PC, laptop or portable.
"The iPhone (TM) offers customers a host of technological solutions from
telecommunications, to games, e-mail and more in one smart, streamlined device,"
adds Ellis. "TextAloud and other Text to Speech products help to truly maximize
the efficiency of these kinds of devices by incorporating the ease and convenience
of spoken audio. They become not just valued, but invaluable."
In addition to a host of useful features, TextAloud even offers specific
enhancements especially for users who use the program to listen to their emails
in Microsoft Outlook (R), another highly useful feature for iPhone (TM) users.
In addition, TextAloud's easy and friendly VCR-like controls and high-quality
assortment of Premium Voices make it easier than ever to select and hear
e-mail messages via portable -- the perfect solution for business users and
commuters who wish to maximize their time.
"The release of the iPhone (TM) really highlights the many uses possible
in portable technology, and when utilized in combination with TextAloud,
can really help thousands of users everywhere to get more out of their commutes,
activities, work and studies," adds Ellis.
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 http://www.nextup.com/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 US English, UK 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. Most recently, NextUp introduced
a new text reader, AbleReader, available with the AT&T Natural Voices (TM)
for use on Mac computers. Information on AbleReader is available at
http://www.AbleReader.com.
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.
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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