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      <title>GhostReader 1.5 takes Mac text-to-speech to the next level</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR140508</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/GhostReader_box150w.jpg" alt="GhostReader box" width="150" height="213" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a>Amsterdam - 14 May 2008 - <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com">ConvenienceWare&trade;</a> / <a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com">AssistiveWare<sup>&reg;</sup></a> today announced the release of GhostReader&trade; 1.5, which adds new voices, enhanced iPhone/iPod export, a pronunciation editor and much more. GhostReader is a powerful, yet easy to use multilingual text-to-speech solution for Mac OS X that reads aloud PDF, Word and other documents as well as selected text in any application. It can also convert any text to audio files, MP3s, or bookmarkable audiobooks for playback on iPhone and iPod. Sit back and relax while GhostReader reads for you!</p>

<p><a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader 1.5</a> is a major update with the following new features and enhancements:</p>


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<li>Adds new natural sounding voices for Czech, Polish, Swedish and Finnish while existing voices have been enhanced</li>

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<li>Adds a pronunciation editor, which can be used to modify the way a word is pronounced or to add new abbreviations</li>

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<li>Adds direct export to iTunes of documents and selected text for playback on iPhone or iPod</li>

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<li>Adds user-selectable encoding for export to iTunes (AAC, MP3, WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless)</li>

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<li>In Leopard now also reads DOCX and ODT documents</li>

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<li>Export to iTunes now runs in the background</li>

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<li>Enhanced responsiveness when speaking selected text or text below the cursor</li>

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<li>Speaking selected text now also works in floating windows such as those of the Leopard Help Viewer</li>

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<li>Speak Text Below the Cursor now speaks the alt. tags for images and buttons in web pages, Mail and widgets</li>

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<li>Speak Text Below the Cursor now also speaks just the paragraph below the cursor in Mail, TextEdit and Pages 2008</li>

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<li>Many other enhancements and fixes</li>


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<p>GhostReader can be used by anyone who prefers to listen to text rather then read it. Many professionals, writers, educators and students use it on a daily basis to save time, to proof read their own writing or to learn the pronunciation of foreign languages or to improve their reading and listening comprehension.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR140508">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:36:06 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Infovox iVox 1.2 adds new voices and a pronunciation editor</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR290408</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/IIicon128.gif" alt="iVox" width="128" height="128" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a>Amsterdam - 29 April 2008 - <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> and <a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com">AssistiveWare</a> 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.</p><p><a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> 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.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR290408">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:06:48 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New web site about gaming for Mac users with disabilities</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR310108</link>
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<br />Amsterdam / Orlando - 31 January 2008 - AssistiveWare® today, at the <a href="http://www.atia.org/">ATIA tradeshow</a> in Orlando, announced a new web site about gaming on Mac OS X: <a href="http://www.assistivegaming.com/">AssistiveGaming.com</a>. This new site is created by and for Mac users with disabilities and provides information on how people with physical disabilities can enjoy the latest and greatest games on Mac OS X.</p>

<p>The <a href="http://www.assistivegaming.com/">site</a> has three main sections: (1) Feature articles about general gaming topics; (2) Reviews discussing individual games; (3) Short descriptions of games with a special focus on their accessibility.</p>

<p>"I have been designing universal access solutions for Mac OS X since 2002 and one of the most frequently asked question by users is not whether they can do their home work or write the next great novel, but about what games can be played," said David Niemeijer, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a>'s CTO. "With AssistiveGaming.com we have created a platform where users can exchange their gaming experiences and can share tips and tricks."</p>

<p>"I have been gaming with a switch on the Mac since 1995, long before Mac OS X, long before sites like this even existed. I had no guidance, no advice," said Michael Phillips, AssistiveGaming editor and long-time <a href="http://www.insidemacgames.com/">Inside Mac Games</a> contributor. "Part of me totally understands why this site is important, but another part finds it kind of sad. I notice that both assistive technology users and specialists are afraid to try new things, think outside the box, or worse, people never even consider the fact that gaming is possible at all."</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR310108">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>AssistiveWare releases major new versions of flagship products</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 18 January 2008 - AssistiveWare® today announced the release of new versions of its flagship products: KeyStrokes® 4, SwitchXS® 2.5 and LayoutKitchen® 2.</p><p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/KSXicon128.gif" alt="KeyStrokes" width="128" height="128" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php">KeyStrokes 4</a>, the latest version of AssistiveWare's award-winning on-screen keyboard with multilingual word prediction, adds LayoutKitchen, which allows users to design their own virtual keyboards. Such virtual keyboards can be used not only for typing, but also to launch applications, speak, run AppleScripts and much more. This makes KeyStrokes more than ever the hub that gives users who cannot use a physical keyboard or who prefer a graphic tablet or touch screen full access to their computer. KeyStrokes 4 also adds Spanish and Russian word prediction dictionaries. KeyStrokes 4.0 runs on Mac OS X 10.3 and later (including Leopard). The suggested retail price for KeyStrokes is 249 Euro excluding VAT (299 USD in North America). Registered KeyStrokes 3 users can use the new version, but to use LayoutKitchen and design their own keyboards an upgrade to a KeyStrokes 4 activation code is required. An upgrade from KeyStrokes 3 to KeyStrokes 4 (including LayoutKitchen) costs 99 euro excluding VAT (129 USD in North America). This upgrade is free for anyone who purchased KeyStrokes 3 in 2007 or 2008. For more info they should contact support@assistiveware.com.</p><p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/SXSicon128.gif" alt="SwitchXS" width="128" height="128" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php">SwitchXS 2.5</a>, which provides universal access to Mac OS X for users who cannot use a physical keyboard and mouse is now Universal Binary, ads full Leopard support, as well as many internal enhancements, and also includes the new LayoutKitchen 2. With SwitchXS 2.5, a user who cannot use a physical keyboard or mouse has full access to Mac OS X with just a single switch. SwitchXS 2.5 requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later and is a free update for all registered SwitchXS users. The suggested retail price for SwitchXS is 249 Euro excluding VAT (299 USD in North America).</p><p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/layoutkitchen.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/LKicon128.gif" alt="LayoutKitchen" width="128" height="128" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/layoutkitchen.php">LayoutKitchen 2</a> makes designing on-screen keyboards for KeyStrokes and scan panels for SwitchXS much easier and faster with a new drag and drop button browser, SmartSnap and many other productivity enhancing features. The image browser is now searchable and includes over 600 images. LayoutKitchen 2.0 runs on Mac OS X 10.3 and later (including Leopard) and is a free update for all registered SwitchXS and LayoutKitchen users.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR180108">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:09:52 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>AssistiveWare previews new versions at BETT in London</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR070108</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.bettshow.com"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/bett_button_static.gif" alt="BETT" width="120" height="120" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a>Amsterdam - 7 January 2008 - AssistiveWare&reg; today announced today announced it will preview new versions of its flagship products in London this week in the special needs section of <a href="http://www.bettshow.com">BETT</a> on stand <b>SN47</b>. BETT is the world’s largest educational technology event.</p>

<p>Previewed at BETT are final candidates of <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php">KeyStrokes</a> 4, on-screen keyboard, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php">SwitchXS</a> 2.5 switch access solution and <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/layoutkitchen.php">LayoutKitchen</a> 2, keyboard and scan panel editor. These packages provide complete universal access to Mac OS X for users with physical impairments, allowing users who cannot use a  keyboard and/or mouse full access to virtually all Mac OS X applications.</p>

<p>Also previewed at BETT is version 1.2 of the <a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices. These provide natural-sounding voices in a language of choice that can be used as the system voice for Mac OS X, used with the Mac OS X accessibility features, as well as with many educational and consumer software packages.</p>

<p>AssistiveWare will further be demoing <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a>, the easy to use and affordable document and selection reader with high quality voices and iPod export functionality. Together with our partner <a href="http://www.kallysta.com">Kallysta</a> we will show how GhostReader can be used for language learning with a mobile teaching laboratory consisting of a MacBook and 15 iPods.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR070108">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:07:33 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>GhostReader special Christmas offer: Free extra voices</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR041207</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/GhostReader_box200w.jpg" alt="GhostReader box" width="200" height="284" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a>Amsterdam - 4 December 2007 - ConvenienceWare&trade; / AssistiveWare&reg; today announced a special Christmas offer for <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a>. GhostReader is a multilingual document and selection reader with naturally sounding voices. GhostReader allows users to listen to Word documents, PDFs and web pages on your Mac and convert these to iPod and iPhone-ready audiobooks. Anyone who purchases the monolingual <b>boxed edition</b> (sold in Europe only) or a <b>trilingual license</b> (sold worldwide) between 4 and 26 December 2007 is entitled to voices for one extra language of choice (a 24,95 euro/US$ value). To get an activation code for the free extra language it suffices to register the product activation code online before 1 January 2008 and indicate in the comments field of the online registration form what extra language you want.</p>

<h4>GhostReader trilingual license (74.95 Euro/US$ excluding VAT) is available at:</h4>

<p>Worldwide:
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<a href="http://www.convenienceware.com">ConvenienceWare</a></p>

<p>Europe:
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<a href="https://ssl-id1.de/ashshop.de/ashshop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ghostreader&x=0&y=0">Application Systems Heidelberg</a>, <a href="http://www.application-systems.fr/ghostreader/acheter.html">Application Systems Paris</a></p>

<h4>GhostReader boxed edition (54.95 Euro including VAT) is available at:</h4>

<p><i>UK</i></p>

<p>Retail Stores: UK Apple Stores, <a href="http://www.wbs.uk.com/">Wyvern Business Systems</a></p>

<p><i>Germany, Austria and German speaking Switzerland</i></p>

<p>Retail Stores Germany: Compustore PC GmbH, M&M Trading, Mac House GmbH, Macconnect, MacFoyer, MACSYSTEMS GmbH, M-Shop Göttingen and many other Apple Resellers</p>

<p>Retail stores Austria: McShark Multimedia AG, Mac office, m-store Grafoprint GmbH and many other Apple Resellers</p>

<p>Online: <a href="http://www.arktis.de/GhostReader-fuer-Mac_detail_23788.html">Arktis</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.de/Application-Systems-Heidelberg-GhostReader-MAC/dp/B000YR5EDC/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1196249732&sr=8-1">Amazon.de</a>, <a href="https://ssl-id1.de/ashshop.de/ashshop/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ghostreader&x=0&y=0">Application Systems Heidelberg</a>.</p>

<p><i>France and French-speaking Switzerland</i></p>

<p>Retail Stores: FNAC, iConcept, BeMac, ordiTICE and other Apple Resellers</p>

<p>Online: <a href="http://www4.fnac.com/Shelf/article.aspx?PRID=2071294&OrderInSession=1&Mn=1&SID=ce6f07ad-07c0-b432-f198-7368d869d23e&TTL=291120071217&Origin=FnacFR&Ra=-4&To=0&Nu=1&UID=08c5de771-802b-a1c2-8820-be912bd24ad8&Fr=0">FNAC online</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/Assistiveware-GhostReader/dp/B000YR5EDC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1196248529&sr=8-1">Amazon.fr</a>, <a href="http://www.application-systems.fr/ghostreader/acheter.html">Application Systems Paris</a>.</p>

<p><i>Belgium</i></p>

<p>Retail Stores: Mac Line</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR041207">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:40:34 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>British voices for Mac OS X improve pronunciation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/IIicon128.gif" alt="Infovox iVox" width="128" height="128" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a></p><p>Amsterdam - 30 October 2007 - AssistiveWare and Acapela Group today announced an update to the British Infovox iVox voices for Mac OS X. This update improves the pronunciation of a number of Mac related terms as well as several other words. The voices work great with Leopard.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices, once installed on the computer, appear in the Speech panel of the System Preferences and can be used by any application that has speech functionality, including Preview, TextEdit, Mail, VoiceOver, Microsoft Word (through its Speech toolbar), <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a>, Proloquo, <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a>, Acrobat, AppleScript, <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.aspx">Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh</a> (version 3.0.4. and higher), TextHelp <a href="http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=1060">Read and Write Gold for Mac</a> (version 2.1 and higher) and many others.</p><p>Our UK reseller <a href="http://www.microlinkpc.co.uk">Microlink PC</a> now offers the British voices at a discount when sold with a new Mac and TextHelp Read and Write Gold for Mac.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR301007">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:02:12 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Mac users with disabilities speak out</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.atpodcasts.com"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/Users-in-Control-artwork.jpg" alt="Infovox iVox" width="150" height="150" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a></p>

<p>Amsterdam - 24 October 2007 - AssistiveWare today announced <i>"Users in Control: A Fresh Perspective on Accessibility"</i>. This new audio and PDF podcast series offers an insightful look at how people with disabilities are empowered through Mac OS X, while shattering preconceptions on disability and assistive technology (AT). Here the users of AT are in the driver's seat! Created by Mac users with physical, speech, or vision impairments, it seeks to inform, inspire, and provide a platform for new ideas.</p>
<p>More information on this podcast can be found at: <a href="http://atpodcasts.com">http://atpodcasts.com</a>.</p><p>You can listen to the podcast in <a href="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=266093431">iTunes</a>.</p><p>The audio version of the podcast was created using <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a> with the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices.</p><p>This new audio and PDF podcast compliments the "Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology" video podcast found at <a href="http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com">http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com</a>.</p>
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      <title>Infovox iVox new pricing speaks to more Mac users</title>
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<p>Amsterdam - 15 October 2007 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced that based on the overwhelming response on the Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion, Acapela Group has decided to permanently lower the price of the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices, which can be used with virtually any speech using application on Mac OS X. Originally introduced as a solution for the low volume accessibility market, it was found that also many educators and consumers wanted to use these naturally sounding voices to listen to documents, create personal podcasts and to help struggling readers. With the new prices the best voices ever on the Mac are now within reach of educators, students, people with disabilities as well as any other Mac user who likes to hear his Macintosh speak.</p>

<p>With the imminent introduction of Mac OS X Leopard, with its enhanced support for third-party add-on speech synthesizers, more people then ever will be able to enjoy the benefits of the natural-sounding Infovox iVox voices as Acapela Group will be able to introduce voices for even more languages. Voices are already available for the following languages: American English, British English, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, American Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian and Swedish. All of these voices are Universal Binary and compatible with Mac OS X 10.3.9 and higher (including Mac OS X 10.5 aka Leopard).</p>

<p>The Infovox iVox voices, once installed on the computer, appear in the Speech panel of the System Preferences and can be used by any application that has speech functionality, including Preview, TextEdit, Mail, VoiceOver, Microsoft Word (through its Speech toolbar), VisioVoice, Proloquo, GhostReader, Acrobat, AppleScript, Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh (version 3.0.4. and higher), TextHelp Read and Write Gold for Mac (version 2.1 and higher) and many others.</p>

<p>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. Starting today, 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. Multi-user and educational classroom and school licenses are also available for Infovox iVox.</p>

<p>Infovox iVox is also available bundled with AssistiveWare and ConvenienceWare products. For educators, students and anyone else who wants to get the most out of the excellent voices, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> is available as a bundle with <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a>, the selection and document reader with iPod export, for 109 Euro/US$. For Mac users with vision impairments, Infovox iVox is included with <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a> for 249 Euro/US$ excluding VAT. For people who cannot speak, Infovox iVox is now included with <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/proloquo.php">Proloquo</a> for 249 Euro / 299 US$.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR151007">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>VisioVoice 1.1 boosts access to Mac OS X for vision impaired Mac users</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR101007</link>
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<p>Amsterdam - 10 October 2007 - AssistiveWare® today announced the release of VisioVoice® 1.1. <a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a> enhances access to Mac OS X for people with vision impairments through a system-wide talking interface and typing echo, text and image zoom windows, large cursors as well as a document and selection reader. VisioVoice provides naturally sounding voices through the included license of <a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> for one language of choice. VisioVoice can also convert text, Word, PDF, HTML and RTF documents to audio files and iPod and iPhone-ready audiobooks. The new version of VisioVoice will be demoed at the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php">Closing The Gap conference</a> next week.</p>

<p>VisioVoice 1.1 new and improved features:</p>

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<li>Now provides a typing echo as the user types into any application.</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>The text zoom window now updates as the user types.</li>

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<li>Talking interface enhanced to work not only with the mouse but also with full keyboard access.</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>Talking interface and typing echo support was added for Pages and Keynote (iWork '08 and later).</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>Improved support for reading text in Safari with VisioVoice's talking interface.</li>

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<li>Improved PDF import with smart-stripping of end-of-line hyphens.</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>Japanese localization was added as well as a Japanese translation for the Mac OS X 10.4 version of Apple's VoiceOver screen reader for blind users. Use with <a href="http://www.createsystem.co.jp/dtalkerMacOSX.html">DTalker 3.0</a> Japanese voices.</li>

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<li>Enhanced compatibility with VoiceOver: if the included Infovox iVox voices are used with VisioVoice, VoiceOver will no longer cut-off speech generation.</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>Now Leopard-ready.</li>

<p>	</p>

<li>Many other improvements and fixes.</li>
</ul>

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      <title>Events at Apple Expo for Mac users with disabilities</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR240907</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/Apple_Expo_2007_FR_Wht_RGB.jpg" alt="Apple Expo logo" width="200" height="89" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a><br />24 September 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a>, <a href="http://www.orditice.com">ordiTICE</a> and <a href="http://www.cerhtic.com/">ceRHTic</a> have partnered with the organization of the Apple Expo to give special attention to Mac users with disabilities during the <a href="http://www.apple-expo.com">Apple Expo</a> this week (25 - 29 September, 2007, Paris, France).</p>

<p>On Wednesday, a 3 hours special session on Assistive Technologies for Mac OS X is scheduled in Apple Expo's main conference room from 14:00 to 17:00. For details see: <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php">http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php</a></p><p>During the other days, daily presentations on solutions for people with disabilities will take place in the School Performance Area of the Education Solutions Center. For a schedule and to sign up see the <a href="http://www.orditice.com/index.php?ordilink=57">ordiTICE site</a>.</p><p>Finally, AssistiveWare will demo its assistive technology products for people with disabilities in the ordiTICE booth ED007-008 of the Education Solutions Centre. New versions of its flagship products, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a>, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php">KeyStrokes</a>, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php">SwitchXS</a>, and <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/layoutkitchen.php">LayoutKitchen</a> will be shown in advance of their public release later this year.</p><p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR240907">press release</a> for further details.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 07:03:32 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>GhostReader 1.1.1 offers Leopard-ready text-to-speech for Mac OS X with iPhone and iPod export</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR180907</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/GhostReader_box200w.jpg" alt="GhostReader box" width="200" height="284" align="right" BORDER="0" hspace="5"></a><br />Amsterdam - 18 September 2007 - ConvenienceWare&trade; / AssistiveWare&reg; today announced the release of GhostReader&trade; 1.1.1 text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. GhostReader 1.1.1 is Leopard-ready, now creates true bookmarkable audiobook files from text, offers better PDF import and enhanced performance on large documents. Through a partnership with <a href="http://www.application-systems.de/ghostreader/">Application Systems Heidelberg</a> a boxed version of GhostReader will be introduced next week at the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php">Apple Expo</a> in Paris and will be available shortly throughout Europe in Apple Stores and other retail channels.</p><p><a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a> is a Universal Binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their Word, PDF, RTF and text documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. It also allows users to create their own personal podcasts or audiobooks by exporting to iPhone and iPod-ready iTunes tracks. Or, users can just use GhostReader to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward, rewind, skip sentence/paragraph and re-listen to sentence/paragraph functionality. In some applications, such as Safari, GhostReader enables users to listen to text by just pointing the cursor at the text. Sit back and relax while GhostReader reads for you!</p>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:47:29 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Acapela Group and AssistiveWare introduce new French voice for Mac OS X</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR110907</link>
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<p>Amsterdam - 11 September 2007 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the excellent new <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php?voice=Alice_iVox_HQ">Alice</a> text-to-speech voice that will be available as part of Infovox iVox's French voice pack. With the new Alice and existing Bruno, Julie and Claire voices the Mac has never sounded so great and so French! Until the end of October the updated French voice pack is available at a 55% introductory discount. Infovox iVox as well as the full range of AssistiveWare products will be demonstrated at the Apple Expo in Paris in the ordiTICE booth at the Apple Education Solutions Center and during a number of presentations. See <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php">http://www.assistiveware.com/events.php</a></p>

<p>The new <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php?voice=Alice_iVox_HQ">Alice</a> voice is also used by graphic designer Leigh-Anne Tompkins in the just released amazing new video "<a href="http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com?video=Leigh-Anne">We can because we think we can</a>" (the French edition uses <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php?voice=Alice_iVox_HQ">Alice</a>, the English edition uses <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php?voice=Heather_iVox_HQ">Heather</a>). The new video is available as episode 6 of the "Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology" video podcast series, which can be found in the iTunes store's podcasts section and at <a href="http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com">http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> provides naturally sounding voices that work with virtually any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X application, including Preview, TextEdit, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">AssistiveWare VisioVoice</a>, <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">ConvenienceWare GhostReader</a>, and Adobe Acrobat. The voices also work great with the leading educational software, such as <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.aspx">Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh</a> Version 3.0.4 and 4.0 and TextHelp's <a href="http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=1060">Read and Write Gold for Mac</a> 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.</p>

<p>Until the end of October, Infovox iVox with the French voices is available for 99 euro/USD excluding tax and includes the high quality French voices Alice, Claire, Julie and Bruno as well as the high quality Heather US English voice as a bonus (this constitutes a 55% discount on the regular price and a 34% discount on the "Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion" prices). The French Infovox iVox is also available as a discounted bundle with <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a> for 109 euro/USD. The recently updated British English voices are also still available for these prices. For prices for other languages as well as for school and classroom licenses, see the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare web site</a>. The updated French voice pack is a free update for existing users.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR110907">press release</a> for further details.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:21:45 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Acapela Group and AssistiveWare introduce new British voice for Mac OS X</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR230807</link>
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<p>Amsterdam - 23 August 2007 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare today announced the brilliant new <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/ivoxsamples.php?voice=Peter_iVox_HQ">Peter</a> text-to-speech voice that will be available as part of Infovox iVox's British voice pack. The already available naturally sounding Graham and Lucy voices have been significantly improved as well. With these voices the Mac has never sounded so great and so British! Until the end of October the updated British voice pack is available at a 55% introductory discount.</p>

<p>Infovox iVox provides naturally sounding voices that work with virtually any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X application, including Preview, TextEdit, AssistiveWare VisioVoice, <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">ConvenienceWare GhostReader</a>, and Adobe Acrobat. The voices also work great with the leading educational software, such as <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/kurz3000.aspx">Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh</a> Version 3.0.4 and 4.0 and TextHelp's <a href="http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp?pg_id=1060">Read and Write Gold for Mac</a> 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.</p>

<p>Until the end of October, Infovox iVox with British voices is available for 99 euro/USD excluding tax and includes the high quality British voices Peter, Lucy and Graham as well as the high quality Heather US English voice as a bonus (this constitutes a 55% discount on the regular price and a 34% discount on the "Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion" prices). The British Infovox iVox is also available as a discounted bundle with <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a> for 109 euro/USD. For prices for other languages as well as for school and classroom licenses, see the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare web site</a>. The updated British voice pack is a free update for existing users.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR230807">press release</a> for further details.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:11:27 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Introducing GhostReader™ Text-to-Speech for Mac OS X</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR050707</link>
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<br />Amsterdam - 5 July 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a><sup>&reg;</sup> and <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/">ConvenienceWare</a>&trade; today announced the release of GhostReader&trade; text-to-speech software for Mac OS X. <a HREF="http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php">GhostReader</a> 1.1 replaces TextParrot 1.0 and introduces a number of new features with an enhanced user interface. Just as ghostwriters write for other people, GhostReader can read for you!</p>

<p>GhostReader is a Universal Binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. It also allows users to create their own personal podcasts or audio books by exporting to iPod-ready iTunes tracks. Or, users can just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality. In some applications, such as Safari, GhostReader enables users to listen to text by just pointing the cursor at the text. Now users can sit back and relax while GhostReader reads the text under the cursor.</p>

<p>Voices are currently available for the following languages: US English, UK English, Czech, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, American Spanish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish and Swedish. GhostReader itself is localized in English, French and German.</p>

<p>Version 1.1 offers the following new features:</p>

<ul>
<li>New languages with high quality female voices: American Spanish (Rosa) and Canadian French (Louise)</li>

<li>New languages with medium quality voices: Turkish, Icelandic and Czech</li>

<li>New high quality voices for Dutch (Max) and British English (Peter)</li>

<li>Adds a German localization (English and French were already available)</li>

<li>Enhanced listening experience with buttons to re-listen the current paragraph or sentence or to skip to the next one</li>

<li>For school use preferences can now be locked and the content of the reader window can be exported to an RTF document</li>

<li>Many other interface and usability enhancements</li>

<li>Expanded Help facility</li>
</ul>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR050707">press release</a> for further details and pricing.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:16:18 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>She is 10 years old and her computer means life to her: a short video.</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR290507</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/ElinaPreview.gif" alt="Elina in action" width="150" height="113" align="right" BORDER="0"></a>Amsterdam - 29 May 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a><sup>&reg;</sup> today announced the release of "Me and My Computer", a new HD video and video podcast, featuring Elina, who was born with athetoid cerebral palsy. About a year ago, when Elina was 9 years old, she got a computer and in this 4 minute video she demonstrates how it has revolutionarized her life. The computer has given her independence as she can now draw and write by herself. She accesses her Apple iBook with an adapted joystick and uses AssistiveWare's <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/keystrokes.php">KeyStrokes</a><sup>&reg;</sup> on-screen keyboard with word prediction for writing. She is also experimenting with <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/proloquo.php">Proloquo</a><sup>&reg;</sup> and the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices for speech feedback while she types. At home and at school her computer means life to her! Elina lives in California, United States of America.</p>

<p>This new video is available as episode 5 of the "Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology" podcast series, which can be found in the iTunes store's podcasts section and at <a href="http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com">http://www.frontiersofassistivetechnology.com</a></p>

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      <title>Extreme gaming on the Mac: new short video shows the impossible</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR220507</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><a HREF="http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php"><img src="http://www.assistiveware.com/images/MikePhillipsPreview.gif" alt="Mike Phillips in action" width="150" height="113" align="right" BORDER="0"></a>Amsterdam - 22 May 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a><sup>&reg;</sup> today announced the release of "One Thumb to Rule Them All", a new HD video and video podcast, featuring Michael Phillips, gamer and freelance technology writer. Mike was born with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and can only move his thumb. That has not stopped him from playing <a href="http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml">World of Warcraft</a> and <a href="http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/">Unreal Tournament 2004</a>, from becoming one of the key writers for <a href="http://www.insidemacgames.com/">Inside Mac Games</a>, from contributing chapters to books such as Peachpit's Macintosh Bible and from being a presenter at major conferences. All of this would not have been possible if it was not for his Mac, a proximity switch, Origin Instrument's <a href="http://www.orin.com/access/swifty/">Swifty</a>&trade; switch interface and AssistiveWare's <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/switchaccess.php">SwitchXS</a><sup>&reg;</sup> software.</p>

<p>In the 3.5 minute video, Michael Phillips shows computer access and gaming at the extreme. With one thumb he rules them all! Mike Phillips lives in Tampa, Florida, United States of America.</p>

<p>This new video is available as episode 4 of the "Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology" podcast series, which can be found in the iTunes store's podcasts section and at <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/podcasts.php">http://www.assistiveware.com/podcasts.php</a></p>

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      <title>AssistiveWare and Acapela Group introduce new educational offers for Mac OS X speech software</title>
      <link>http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR080507</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 8 May 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a><sup>&reg;</sup> and <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> today announced a number of new educational offers for their Mac OS X speech solutions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a>, the naturally sounding voices that work with any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X application, and <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/textparrot.php">TextParrot</a> the powerful and affordable document and selection reader have made a profound impact in the classroom since their release last year. To give even more teachers and students at all levels of education access to the software attractively priced classroom, lab and school licenses are available starting today.</p>
<p>Additionally, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a> and <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> have worked closely with the leaders in educational software, <a href="http://www.kurzweiledu.com/">Kurzweil Educational Systems</a> in the US and <a href="http://www.texthelp.com/">TextHelp Systems</a> in the UK to ensure that their upcoming versions are fully compatible with Infovox iVox. Kurzweil 3000 for Macintosh Version 3.0.4 and 4.0 are fully Infovox iVox compatible and TextHelp's Read and Write Gold for Mac version 2.1.0, due for release in late June, is also fully compatible with Infovox iVox. 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.</p>
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      <title>Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion: Up to 34% off Infovox iVox</title>
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<br />Amsterdam - 2 May 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a><sup>®</sup> today announced that together with the <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> it introduces the "Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion" that will run until 31 October 2007 and will involve special pricing with discounts of 25 to 34%.</p>

<p>With the "Give Your Mac a Voice Promotion" AssistiveWare and Acapela Group would like to give more people a chance to enjoy the naturally sounding <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> voices on their Mac in their language(s) of choice.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR020507">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>AssistiveWare previews new software at CSUN</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 12 March 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a>® today announced that new versions of KeyStrokes®, SwitchXS®, LayoutKitchen® and VisioVoice® will be previewed at the CSUN International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference, March 19-24 in Los Angeles, USA.</p>

<p>The California State University Northridge (CSUN) International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference is the largest conference on assistive technology in North America with visitors from all over the world. <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a> and it's North American distributor, <a href="http://www.orin.com/">Origin Instruments Corporation</a>, will use this occasion to preview major new versions of AssistiveWare's software for Mac OS X.</p><p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR120307">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:02:01 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Infovox iVox 1.1 improves speech and adds new languages</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 21 February 2007 - <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> and <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a> today announced the release of Infovox iVox 1.1.</p><p><a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a>, a product from Acapela Group created in collaboration with AssistiveWare 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, <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/proloquo.php">Proloquo</a>, <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/textparrot.php">TextParrot</a> 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 AssistiveWare's <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a>.</p><p>Infovox iVox is a Universal Binary and can be used on PowerPC and Intel Macs. The products include all voices available for a language of choice. Version 1.1 adds American Spanish and Canadian French. The following languages were already available: US English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish. All non-American English languages include one American English female voice as a bonus.</p>

<p>Version 1.1 contains the following enhancements:</p><p><ul type="circle"><br />	<li>New languages: American Spanish and Canadian French</li><br />	<li>New high quality Dutch male voice: Max</li><br />	<li>Added support for less commonly used Speech Manager functions</li><br />	<li>Improved handling of complex sentences for French</li><br />	<li>Improved handling of compound words for Swedish</li><br />	<li>A number of other fixes and enhancements</li></p><p></ul></p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR210207">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:17:07 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New Mac technologies make a difference for blind translator (video)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 12 February 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a> today announced the release of "It has made the world of difference", a new video and video podcast, featuring Anne Robertson, a blind translator.</p><p>Anne Robertson became blind as a small child. She is now a professional French to English translator. In this short video, she shows how she uses <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/voiceover/">VoiceOver</a>, the latest Mac OS X screen reader from Apple, in combination with naturally sounding French and British English text-to-speech voices of Acapela Group's <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a> to do her work. She explains how, thanks to AssistiveWare's <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a>, which includes a French translation of VoiceOver, she has been able to speed up her translation work as she can now listen to text in one language while she is typing in another language. Anne Robertson lives in Orry la Ville, France.</p><p>This new video is part of the "Exploring the Frontiers of Assistive Technology" podcast series, which can be found in the iTunes store's podcasts section and at <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/podcasts.php">http://www.assistiveware.com/podcasts.php</a></p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR120207">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>New version of TextParrot, new value bundles and educational licenses</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 30 January 2007 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a>/<a href="http://www.convenienceware.com">ConvenienceWare</a> today announced the release of TextParrot<sup>&reg;</sup> 1.0.1 for Mac OS X as well as a number of new value bundles and new educational licenses.
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<p><a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/textparrot.php">TextParrot</a> is a Universal Binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. It also allows users to create their own personal podcasts or audio books by exporting to iPod-ready iTunes tracks. Or, users can just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality. It even allows users to listen to text by just pointing the cursor at the text and sit back and relax while TextParrot reads the text under the cursor.
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<p>Starting today, TextParrot is now available with naturally sounding voices of up to three different languages. Voices are currently available for the following languages: US English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish. TextParrot itself is localized in English and French, other localizations are in preparation.
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 12 December 2006 - <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/">AssistiveWare</a>, the world leader in accessibility solutions for Mac OS X, today announced "<a href="http://www.convenienceware.com">ConvenienceWare</a>", a new family of innovative and affordable products. The new product family makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available in cool and convenient applications that can make the life of Mac users easier.</p><p>The first product, released today, is <a href="http://www.convenienceware.com/textparrot.php">TextParrot</a><sup>&reg;</sup> 1.0. TextParrot is a Universal Binary, multilingual speech solution for Mac&nbsp;OS&nbsp;X that allows users to listen to their documents with naturally sounding voices in a language of choice. It also allows users to create their own personal podcasts or audio books by exporting to iPod-ready iTunes tracks. Or, users can just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality. It even allows users to listen to text by just pointing the cursor at the text and sit back and relax while TextParrot reads the text under the cursor.</p><p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR121206">press release</a>.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 13:40:57 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 28 November 2006 - AssistiveWare<sup>&reg;</sup> today announced the release of a new <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/podcasts.php">video podcast series</a>, videos, and a new edition of the <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/newsletter.php">AssistiveWare Newsletter</a>. In these podcasts,  <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/videos.php">videos</a> and articles, Mac users with disabilities share their experiences on the Mac and explain how the Mac makes a real difference for them.</p><p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR281106">press release</a>.</p>
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      <title>AssistiveWare to introduce Mac OS X accessibility solutions to the UK</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 15 November 2006 - AssistiveWare<sup>&reg;</sup> today announced that it will for the first time participate in the special needs section of the <a href="http://www.bettshow.com/">BETT educational technology show</a> in the UK (10-13 January 2007, London). AssistiveWare is the world leader in access software for Mac OS X and will now introduce its innovative solutions to the educational market in the United Kingdom.</p><p>AssistiveWare specializes in software that provides full access to Mac OS X for students with physical, speech, languages and vision impairments. With the AssistiveWare software a student with a disability can fully participate in school activities, whether it involves creating a video in iMovie or using the standard educational software all the other kids use. <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/newsletter.php">Everything is possible</a>.</p>
<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR151106">press release</a>.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:05:47 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>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.</p><p>VisioVoice<sup>&reg;</sup> 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).</p><p><a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a> is bundled with <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/infovox_ivox.php">Infovox iVox</a>, a new product from <a href="http://www.acapela-group.com">Acapela Group</a> 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.</p>

<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR060906">press release</a>.</p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Amsterdam - 3 October 2006 - AssistiveWare today announced the release of VisioVoice<sup>&reg;</sup> 1.0.1. <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/visiovoice.php">VisioVoice</a> is an award-winning 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).</p><p>Version 1.0.1 contains the following enhancements:</p><ul type="circle"><p>	<li>The Document Reader now also works with encrypted PDFs</li></p><p>	<li>The Text Zoom and Talking Interface are now more responsive and more accurate</li></p><p>	<li>The Selection Reader now works more reliably with text selected in Safari</li></p><p>	<li>Voice volume and speech rate settings now work correctly [fix]</li></p><p>	<li>Highlighting of spoken words now also works correctly for accented characters [fix]</li></p><p>	<li>Several other fixes and improvements</li></p></ul>
<p>Read the full <a href="http://www.assistiveware.com/pr.php#PR031006">press release</a>.</p>
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