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NextUp.com Releases Improved TextAloud Toolbar for Internet Explorer Browser
Clemmons, NC (PRWEB) December 1, 2005 -- NextUp.com (www.NextUp.com),
developer of popular Text-to-Speech (TTS) software TextAloud, announced today
the release of an improved TextAloud toolbar for Internet Explorer. New features
allow watching words highlighted as spoken within web pages for better
comprehension, new options on what is spoken, and ability to enlarge text for
easier reading.
The toolbar has been a popular feature in TextAloud, letting users enhance their
browsing experience through spoken audio. TextAloud also allows for easy
conversion of text from web news and web based emails to audio files for
portable listening on portable devices such as the iPod.
“Increasingly, we find our Text to Speech products being embraced by those
seeking a better way to deal with the overwhelming amount of information being
accessed through personal computers.”, comments Rick Ellis, President of
NextUp.com. “Aging baby boomers are turning to assistive technologies like
TextAloud to maintain their efficient use of the Internet in the face of age
related vision changes.”
About TextAloud
TextAloud is a full-featured computer speech tool offering direct support for
Word, PDF and HTML formats, as well as advanced pronunciation tools, toolbars
for Internet Explorer, FireFox and Outlook, specialized features for easy use
proofreading of any composition – and more.
A valuable tool for those dealing with reading disabilities such as dyslexia and
the visually impaired, TextAloud is priced at just $29.95, and is compatible
with systems using Windows® 98, NT, 2000 and XP. The program is available for
fast, safe and secure purchase via
http://www.NextUp.com. NextUp.com also offers TextAloud with optional
premium voices from AT&T Natural Voices, Cepstral, and NeoSpeech for the most
natural-sounding computer speech anywhere.
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 impairments 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 MP3 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. Most recently, NextUp also released NextUp Talker 1.0, 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.
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