[gui-talk] Fwd: Infovox iVox and visioVoice released

[Steve Pattison]

>From: David Poehlman david.poehlman at handsontechnologeyes.com
>To: access-l at access-l.com
>
> From the web page:
>
>www.assistiveware.com/pr.php
>
>VisioVoice gives Mac OS X new voices and low vision support
>
>Amsterdam - 6 September 2006 - AssistiveWare today announced that
>together with Acapela Group it introduced two new products for Mac OS
>X: VisioVoice and Infovox iVox. There are also some very attractive
>introductory offers.
>
>VisioVoice® is a product for blind and vision impaired Mac users
>providing a number of speech and vision related features to enhance
>access to Mac OS X. These include: (1) the conversion of Text, Word,
>HTML, PDF and RTF files to audio files or iPod-ready iTunes tracks;
>(2) a document and selection reader with fast forward and rewind
>functions; (3) Large cross-hair and target cursors; (4) Text and
>Image zoom windows; (5) Spoken interface elements as the user
>navigates across the screen; (6) Multilingual support to Apple's
>excellent VoiceOver technology (initially French and Dutch).
>
>VisioVoice is bundled with Infovox iVox, a new product from Acapela
>Group created in collaboration with AssistiveWare. InfoVox iVox
>allows the naturally sounding, high quality voices of the Acapela
>Group to be used by any Speech Manager compliant application on Mac
>OS X, including applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat
>Reader, Proloquo and AppleWorks, as well as many educational titles.
>Infovox iVox, which is distributed worldwide by AssistiveWare, can
>also be used with Tiger's built-in VoiceOver screen reader, and Dutch
>and French users now have the possibility to hear all the VoiceOver
>menus and messages in their own language by using Infovox iVox
>together with VisioVoice.
>
>"We are extremely pleased with these new products," said David
>Niemeijer, AssistiveWare's CTO. "Thanks to our collaboration with the
>Acapela Group, Mac OS X users around the world get access to the best
>voices ever on the Mac."
>
>Both products are Universal Binaries and can be used on PowerPC and
>Intel Macs. The products include all voices available for a language
>of choice. Initially, the following languages will be available: US
>English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish,
>Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish. For most
>languages male and female voices are available (certain languages
>include multiple male and/or female voices). US English even includes
>two child voices. All non-American English languages include one
>American English female voice as a bonus.
>
>"Acapela Group is very proud to be the partner of an innovative and
>renown player such as AssistiveWare. Both companies have teamed up on
>projects for several years and the ensuing solutions - such as
>Proloquo - have been successfully validated by the market." said
>Antoine Kauffeisen, VP Marketing Director of Acapela.
>
>Introductory suggested retail pricing (25% discount) excluding VAT:
>
>Languages
>Infovox iVox
>Bundle of Infovox iVox + VisioVoice
>US English
>149 US$/Euro
>185 US$/Euro
>Scandinavian languages
>269 US$/Euro
>289 US$/Euro
>Other European languages
>165 US$/Euro
>185 US$/Euro
>After 31 December 2006:
>
>Languages
>Infovox iVox
>Bundle of Infovox iVox + VisioVoice
>US English
>199 US$/Euro
>249 US$/Euro
>Scandinavian languages
>359 US$/Euro
>389 US$/Euro
>Other European languages
>219 US$/Euro
>249 US$/Euro
>Additional languages are half the price of Infovox iVox for that
>language. Volume licenses are also available.
>
>Additional introductory offer:
>
>Until 31 October 2006: any customer purchasing AssistiveWare's
>Proloquo speech and communication software will receive a free copy
>of Infovox iVox (offer only valid if the selected language is
>available for Infovox iVox). Proloquo and Infovox iVox form a
>powerful speech team for any PowerPC and Intel Mac. Proloquo has a
>suggested retail price of 249 US$/Euro excluding VAT.
>Infovox iVox and VisioVoice will be demonstrated in our booth at the
>Education Solutions Center at the Apple Expo in Paris (September 12
>though 16). For more information see http://www.assistiveware.com/ events.php
>
>Infovox iVox requires Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later, VisioVoice requires
>10.4 or later. For more information, a fully-functional downloadable
>demo and to listen to samples of the voices please consult the
>product pages for Infovox iVox and VisioVoice.

Regards Steve
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