[AssistiveWare News] Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor

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Press release: Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation  
editor

** This press release is also available at: http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR290408

Amsterdam - 29 April 2008 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today  
announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.2 with new voices and a  
pronunciation editor. Infovox iVox provides natural-sounding voices  
for multiple languages that work with virtually any Speech Manager  
compliant Mac OS X application. As of today there are also a number of  
new educational licenses available: The Infovox iVox - GhostReader  
Teacher Kit and an Educational Audio Use and Publishing License.

Infovox iVox 1.2 is a free upgrade for existing users that adds a  
pronunciation editor that allows users to add abbreviations or change  
the pronunciation of words. It also introduces a number of new voices  
and languages: Eliska and Sabrine for Czech, Ania for Polish, Snorri  
for Icelandic, Sanna for Finnish, Elin for Swedish, and Baris and  
Ceren for Turkish. The Czech, Polish, Icelandic and Turkish voices  
require Mac OS X 10.5. The other voices require 10.3.9 or later.

Infovox iVox can be used with Apple's VoiceOver screen reader as well  
as many Mac OS X applications, including Preview, TextEdit,  
AssistiveWare's VisioVoice and Proloquo, ConvenienceWare GhostReader,  
and Adobe Acrobat. The voices also work great with the leading  
educational software, such as Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh version  
3.0.4 and 4.0 and TextHelp's Read and Write Gold for Mac version 2.1.0  
and later. This means that teachers can now use this best-of-breed  
software with the industry leading Infovox iVox voices to enhance the  
learning experience of their students.

Infovox iVox voices are sold per language with each language  
consisting of one or more male and/or female voices. All languages  
contain the American English Heather voice as a bonus. All languages,  
except the Scandinavian ones, are available for a suggested retail  
price of US$ 99 in North America and 99 Euro excluding VAT everywhere  
else. This is for the first language. Additional language packs are  
available for a suggested retail price of US$ 49.50 in North America  
and 49.50 Euro excluding VAT everywhere else. Scandinavian languages  
are available for a suggested retail price of 219 euro excluding VAT  
and as an additional language for 109.50 euro excluding VAT. Bundles  
of Infovox iVox with GhostReader are also available starting at US$ /  
Euro 109 for a single user.

In addition to the existing multi-user and educational classroom and  
school licenses there are now two new educational licenses:

1) An Educational Audio Use and Publishing License for US$ / Euro 199  
excluding VAT, which permits use of generated audio files on up to 50  
iPods as well as the publication of educational material on the  
internet (with some restrictions).

2) An Infovox iVox - GhostReader Teacher Kit for US$ / euro 299  
excluding VAT, which includes licenses for Infovox ivox and  
GhostReader for a language of choice as well as an Educational Audio  
Use and Publishing License.

For more information, a fully-functional downloadable demo and to  
listen to samples of the voices please consult the product page:

Infovox iVox: http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php

Listen to samples: http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php

For more information contact AssistiveWare directly or one of our  
distributors such as Origin Instruments Corporation (http://orin.com)  
for North America or ordiTICE (http://orditice.com) for France.


AssistiveWare (http://www.assistiveware.com/) is the worldwide leader  
in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X that gives  
people back their lives. This includes award-winning KeyStrokes(R) and  
TouchStrokes(R) virtual keyboards, SwitchXS(R) scanning on-screen  
keyboard, LayoutKitchen(R) panel editor, and Proloquo(R) multi-purpose  
speech solution. The ConvenienceWare product line (http://www.convenienceware.com 
) makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available  
in cool and convenient applications that can make the life of Mac  
users easier.

Entirely dedicated to developing and deploying natural language  
interfaces, Acapela Group (http://www.acapela-group.com) is the  
European leader in speech solutions. Acapela Group speech solutions  
have already been deployed in many services and applications: voice  
portals, unified messaging services, CRM and contact centers, talking  
web, interactive games, edutainment software, e-learning tools, public  
address, assistive tools for the disabled, navigation aid, embedded  
systems, and much more.

AssistiveWare and ConvenienceWare are trade names and trademarks or  
registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. VisioVoice, SwitchXS,  
KeyStrokes, TouchStrokes, LayoutKitchen, GhostReader and Proloquo are  
trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. Infovox iVox  
is a trademark of Acapela Group. All other trademarks are properties  
of their respective owners.
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