|
View a PDF file for this press release TextAloud has proven popular with a growing audience of users like Robert -- people overcoming a visual impairment who found the program after seeking less expensive alternatives to screen readers and other high-end assistive technology programs. TextAloud, on the other hand, is easy to use PC software that accomplishes many of the same tasks, converting visual text into natural-sounding spoken audio at a price starting at just $29.95. "TextAloud gave me an inexpensive alternative to the costly assistive products already on the market," comments Robert. "One minor charge of my credit card, and boom, it was mine, bought and paid for." Using TextAloud, Robert, a returning student going for his undergraduate degree, was quickly able to listen to his studies, and with almost no learning curve to the experience. "TextAloud was simple to learn," he comments. "It launched in a timely manner, the buttons were easy to use, and everything about the software was self-explanatory." Robert was soon using TextAloud to read an ever-expanding assortment of diverse reading material including eBooks, scanned textbooks and study materials, online newspapers and websites, e-mails, and a variety of documents and formats -- even those formatted for Adobe Acrobat Reader. With TextAloud, Robert could listen to a variety of material for his studies, and take that information anywhere he went, as needed, on any popular remote portable audio device or MP3 player. "I've been exclusively using TextAloud on a daily basis for all my reading, as well as to keep on top of current events online," he adds. TextAloud offers a number of features, which prove especially useful to visually disabled users. Its handy Clipboard reader function quickly became a favorite of Robert's. "I like being able to simply copy and paste text into TextAloud, and the program automatically starts reading it aloud to me," he says. "I also enjoy the 'read from cursor' option, which allows me to pick up from where I left off. It's also great that all I have to do is open a file, and TextAloud will start reading it to me automatically." "With TextAloud, I've gained a lot of confidence in Text to Speech products," states Robert. "They are honestly more stable than the costlier alternative products for the visually disabled, which are often not current or up to date on new web scripting. So for those visually impaired users with enough sight to be able to see what to highlight or click, TextAloud is an excellent alternative to other, more costly screen readers. It offers most of the same features, and allows me to accomplish many of the same tasks, but more efficiently and far more affordably." "Ultimately, TextAloud means I can use a computer confidently, and accomplish tasks in a timely manner," says Robert. "And it means I can do so independently, without having to have people to read to me."
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, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Russian, Castilian (European) Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Mexican Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
About NextUp.com
Note to Editors: |
|
Products TextAloud 4 AT&T Natural Voices™ Acapela™ Voices Ivona™ Voices Nuance™ Voices NextUp Talker |
Company About Contact Store Press Privacy |
Support Support Home FAQ User Forums Video Tutorials |
|
