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CLEMMONS, NC - A life in the legal profession is filled with challenges.
From demanding hours and monumental workloads, to the challenges posed by
constant deadlines, huge caseloads, firm and client management, and legal
research - it's a notoriously tough profession. And among those challenges
for law students and lawyers are the tasks of preparing and proofing a variety
of legal manuscripts, letters and documents, along with maintaining an often
massive reading list - from legislation changes and updates, to legal research
and case preparation, industry articles, and more. Luckily, Text to Speech
programs like NextUp's TextAloud (www.NextUp.com)
assist those in the law profession in proofing their work or keeping up with
their reading no matter where they are, through the freedom offered by listening
to the material read aloud. TextAloud is an award-winning program that
converts text into spoken audio for listening on a PC, and that can also
save text to audio files for playback on portables like the iPod (R), PocketPC (R),
and a wide range of portable devices.
People from a wide variety of professions have already found TextAloud to
be an indispensable everyday tool, but the program has proven particularly
popular among those in the study or profession of law. Many small firms or
single-attorney offices face a mountain of document preparation from deeds,
wills, lawsuits, and other court documents - without the time or manpower
to adequately proof those materials. TextAloud has proven invaluable in these
instances, helping to improve reading comprehension and speed while offering
the opportunity to proof work "by ear," and from anywhere. The program's
ability to address formidable reading or study challenges for such users
no matter where they are - out of the office, waiting for a court appearance,
or even at leisure - has proven to be truly transformative.
In recent surveys of TextAloud's legal industry users, several respondents
noted their use of the program specifically for the pursuit or study of law -
following are just a few testimonials:
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David D. (Attorney): "As a lawyer, TextAloud saves me hundreds
of hours a month. If I get a contract or other document that requires
a complete but only cursory inspection, TextAloud can be great for
that. I also listen to long e-mails, articles from my favorite Web
sites, and even entire books. I honestly don't know how I ever got
by without it."
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Gordon L. (Attorney): "I use TextAloud to keep me updated
on new case law and legislation by downloading a text or even a
PDF file (my favorite feature) and then having TextAloud read it
aloud to me over my iPod (R). It's a good timesaving technique,
and permits me to review more law than I would otherwise. And used
in combination with a portable audio device like an iPod or other
MP3 player, you can make relatively productive use of time spent
driving, waiting in line, grocery shopping, etc. Using TextAloud
lets me get home to my wife and three kids sooner, rather than later."
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Paul R. (Attorney): "Basically, as lawyers, we live and die
by our correspondence. Even if the research and analysis is excellent,
typos distract and discredit the lawyer and his or her work product.
I therefore use TextAloud to proofread my documents. I do a large
number of letters a day, and it is very easy to overlook typographic
errors, especially those in which you may think one word but type
another, or in which you may simply type the wrong tense of the word.
Even if you proofread it immediately afterwards, you may miss those
types of mistakes - and most word-processing software spell-checkers
will not find them, either. I would highly recommend the software
to any who type their own material."
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Francis W. (Law Student): "I used TextAloud throughout my
final year at University to obtain my law degree. I am now studying
for my bar vocational course to become a trial lawyer. There's a
lot of reading required when studying Law, and TextAloud makes it
possible for a dyslexic like me to keep up. I am a mature student
(40), and when I left school nobody thought I could secure the lowest
qualifications. Personal computers were the first major step in
making my achievements possible - and TextAloud was the second!"
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Mike J. (Law Student): "I'm a law student, and use TextAloud to
listen to cases and other legal materials while I drive."
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About TextAloud
Business people, students, educators, writers, lawyers, homemakers and
busy people from all walks of life find TextAloud to be an essential
tool they use every day. TextAloud provides improved reading
comprehension and speed, the ability to listen to text away from the
computer, and a number of utilities, from audio proofreading, to word
highlighting for dyslexics. It's 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 and XP. The program is available
for fast, safe and secure purchase via
http://www.NextUp.com.
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™ for
use on Mac computers. Information on AbleReader is available at
AbleReader.com
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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