Infovox iVox

Infovox iVox adds high quality voices to the base English set shipped with Mac OS X. These natural-sounding voices are available in many languages. They can be used in any Mac OS X application that uses speech. Applications such as TextEdit, Preview, Acrobat Reader, Proloquo, KeyStrokes, SwitchXS, VisioVoice, AppleWorks, and many educational titles are brought to life with Infovox iVox. The high quality voices are an ideal match for VoiceOver, Tiger's built-in screen reader. In fact, Infovox iVox can be used with all the built-in speech and accessibility features of Mac OS X. Non-English users can hear VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using it with Infovox iVox and VisioVoice.

Infovox iVox is a product of Acapela Group the European leader in text to speech technology. Infovox iVox includes several voices for the language of your choosing. Initially, the following languages will be available: American English, British English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish. For most languages, male and female voices are available (certain languages include multiple male and/or female voices). American English even includes two children's voices. All non-American English languages include one American English female voice as a bonus. If you need multiple languages, buy Infovox iVox and additional language packs.

Features -

· Listen to your text as you are writing — use TextEdit, Proloquo or other speech enabled applications.
· Have PDF documents read to you using the speech features in Acrobat Reader, Preview or VisioVoice with supurb Infovox iVox voices.
· Convert text to audio files and even directly to iTunes tracks with wonderful clarity and intonation using Proloquo or VisioVoice. (Note that the license only permits distribution of audio files if the content is personal and the files are not broadcast or distributed for commercial purposes.)
· Use Infovox iVox's clear and reliable voices with Tiger's built-in screen reader VoiceOver. Non-English users can now hear all the VoiceOver menus and messages in their own language by using it with Infovox iVox and VisioVoice (Infovox iVox is included with VisioVoice).
· Use natural-sounding voices with the Mac's built-in speech features. Combine the best voices available for Mac OS X with accessibility software, including Proloquo, KeyStrokes or SwitchXS.
· Infovox iVox can be used to help children and adults master their primary language. It can also be an aid for learning additional languages. Infovox iVox can be used with any Speech enabled, educational application for Mac OS X.
· Use Infovox iVox with any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X software.