TextAloud MP3 and AT&T Natural Voices lead the way in Windows Text to Speech Software

NextUp.com today announced that its TextAloud MP3 text to speech (TTS) PC software is now available with an expanded selection of voices and languages offered with the AT&T Natural Voices Text to Speech Engine - one of the most natural sounding computer speech systems on the market.

For Release Tuesday, September 10, 2003

Contact: rdellis@nextup.com

TextAloud MP3 and AT&T Natural Voices lead the way in Windows Text to Speech Software

CLEMMONS, NC - NextUp.com today announced that its TextAloud MP3 text to speech (TTS) PC software is now available with an expanded selection of voices and languages offered with the AT&T Natural Voices Text to Speech Engine - one of the most natural sounding computer speech systems on the market.

NextUp's Speech software is popular with consumers, educators and business customers who need to add Text to Speech capability to their personal computers (PCs). Users who choose to add the optional AT&T Natural Voices when purchasing TextAloud MP3 will receive the Natural Voices engine bundled with the US English Mike and Crystal voices. Additional Natural Voices can then be purchased separately including more US, British and Indian accent English voices as well as Spanish, German and French voices.

"Our customers love the unmatched quality of the AT&T Natural Voices", said NextUp CEO Ken White, "and these additional voices bring exciting new variety and personality to our text to speech software."

TextAloud MP3 software starts at $24.95 and enables users' PCs to read text aloud in a natural, human-sounding voice. Users can listen to Web pages, e-mail, reports, articles and practically any other type of text. Additionally, users can store their daily reading materials as MP3 audio files for portable MP3 players and Pocket PCs so they can listen while exercising, commuting or traveling.

White further noted, "Accessibility use by the sight impaired and many people with reading disabilities has always kept TextAloud MP3 in demand from the educational market. With the high quality English voices in varying accents along with male and female voices in Spanish, German, and French, more schools will be discovering TextAloud MP3 as a language teaching tool."

TextAloud MP3 is available for Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP. It may be purchased securely from http://www.nextup.com. Evaluation copies available on request. For more information, contact NextUp.com, 2668 Lewisville-Clemmons Road, Clemmons, NC 27012. Email: rick@nextup.com. Internet: http://www.nextup.com.

About NextUp.com
NextUp.com is a division of NextUp Technologies, LLC. In addition to TextAloud MP3, 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 you want, then reads them aloud or to portable MP3 files. WeatherAloud is a weather application that lets you select and listen to personalized weather forecasts. StocksAloud reads stock updates and related news headlines aloud for companies you are tracking.

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For more information, reporters may contact:

Rick Ellis - NextUp.com
rdellis@nextup.com