[bookshare-discuss] Re: BlindNews: NextUp Technologies updates its text-to-speech tool forWindows users

"Pshon Barrett" <pbarrett@xxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 22 Oct 2004 19:10:15 -0500

Hi, I bought the competitor product to this one from primere Technology,
text to audio and never have gotten it to work. Does anyone on the list use
this program and what do you think about it?
Pshon
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Subject: [bookshare-discuss] BlindNews: NextUp Technologies updates its
text-to-speech tool forWindows users


>
>
> BIOS Magazine (UK)
> Thursday, October 21, 2004
>
> NextUp Technologies updates its text-to-speech tool for Windows users
>
> Product: Text Aloud 2.0
> Company: NextUp Technologies
> E-mail: sales@xxxxxxxxxx
> Price: $29.95
> Availability: 21.10.04
>
> US-based NextUp Technologies has updated its text-to-speech tool for
Windows
> users. TextAloud 2.0 helps visually impaired users to hear documents,
> e-mails and Web pages by using voice synthesis to convert text into spoken
> audio. As well as an improved interface that now supports skins, the
updated
> software offers direct support for Word, PDF and HTML files, includes a
new
> proofreading function, a batch file converter to convert audio files
quickly
> from any number of documents, and a new Internet Explorer plug-in promises
> to make listening to Web pages easier than ever. You can now also change
> voices within a single document to simulate conversation or multiple
> speakers, choose advanced font controls to improve readability for those
> with low vision, and add bookmarks for easy navigation of large texts.
> Pronunciation tools are available to teach computer voices unusual,
> technical or medical terms, and configurable pauses between sentences and
> paragraphs should make text more understandable. Finally, you can listen
> aloud, or create WAV, MP3 and WMA files for listening at a later date, and
> improved word highlighting should assist dyslexics in reading and
> proofreading.
>
> Pros: Low cost; reads text from e-mail, Web pages and more
> Cons: Windows only; browser plug-in only supports IE
>
> Release: NextUp.com (www.NextUp.com), the leading provider of innovative
> Text-to-Speech (TTS) software for consumers, educators and business
> customers, today announces the release of TextAloud 2.0, the latest
version
> of the company's popular Text-to-Speech tool for Windows.
>
> TextAloud uses the power of voice synthesis to 'speak aloud' documents,
Web
> pages, e-mail and more. Text is seamlessly converted into spoken audio for
> listening on a PC, or to create MP3 or Windows Media files ready for
> playback on portables like the iPod, PocketPC, or even the Home Media
Option
> from TiVo.
>
> TextAloud 2.0 provides a variety of upgraded features, including an
improved
> and redesigned user interface, direct support for Word, PDF and HTML
> formats, a proofreading feature, a batch file converter covering a
multitude
> of popular formats, advanced font controls, advanced pronunciation tools,
an
> Internet Explorer Plug-In for easy listening of your favourite Web pages -
> and more. TextAloud's improved interface now allows users to handle
multiple
> documents with ease, and includes voice, pitch and volume adjustments on
the
> main window - an innovation that means users can now customise voices or
> options even while TextAloud is speaking.
>
> 'The new features offered by 2.0 further enhance TextAloud's appeal for
the
> wide range of users who find it an essential tool they use daily,' says
Ken
> White, CEO of NextUp.com. 'TextAloud 2.0 not only has an improved
interface,
> it also gives users more control over the tasks they use most. And with
our
> expanded offerings for premium voices, it all sounds better than ever.'
>
> TextAloud allows listening instead of reading, and is used by business
> people, students, educators, writers, medical and legal professionals, and
> busy individuals from all walks of life. NextUp currently offers TextAloud
> with optional premium voices from AT&T Natural Voices, NeoSpeech and
> Cepstral, for outstanding speech quality on a personal computer or for
> playing on portable MP3 players such as the iPod. TextAloud 2.0 is priced
at
> just $29.95, and is for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. It is available for
> fast, safe and secure purchase via www.nextup.com.
>
>
>
> http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=1253
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