Mac OS X : Hear all about TextParrot, the consumer speech solution from AssistiveWare.

AssistiveWare, the world leader in Accessibility solutions for Mac OS X, has just launched TextParrot, the 1st product of its new "ConvenienceWare" family, a set of innovative products designed by AssistiveWare to make advanced technologies available in cool and convenient applications and make the life of Mac users easier. Relax and listen, through a smart interface.

TextParrot 1.0 is a multilingual speech solution for Mac OS X that allows users to listen to their documents with Acapela's natural sounding voices. Users can easily create their own personal podcasts or audio books by exporting to iPod-ready iTunes tracks. They can just use it to speak selected text in a handy reader window with play, fast forward and rewind functionality or listen to text by just pointing the cursor at the text and sit back and relax while TextParrot reads the text under the cursor.

Using Acapela text to speech, TextParrot literally converts any written text into speech, capable of transforming any type of information in real-time as flexibly as the human voice would do.

TextParrot has been developed in collaboration with Acapela Group and includes their naturally sounding, high quality voices in US English, UK English, French, German, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, Portuguese, Norwegian, and Swedish. Other languages will be made available in the coming months. Note that these special ConvenienceWare voices will not work in other applications.

Let TextParrot speak for you!

Imagine... that you are a college student and want to review the online lecture or your notes during your lunch hour. Let TextParrot convert the text to iTunes and listen to it on your iPod while enjoying your sandwich.

Imagine... that you need to get a million and one things done in your office including reading that lengthy document. Let TextParrot read the text to you while you focus on those other tasks.

Imagine... that you are an actor and need to study your parts while in public transport or in your car. Use TextParrot to convert the text to iTunes and listen to it on your iPod or car stereo.

Imagine... that you are a teacher and have a student in your class failing on tests because he or she is a slow reader. Get the student a copy of TextParrot to read the material.

Discover TextParrot during the BETT on the AssistiveWare/Acapela booth www.bettshow.com, Booth SN17.

TextParrot is a universal binary and requires Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

TextParrot is localized in English and French and other localizations are expected in January. For more information, a fully-functional downloadable demo and to listen to samples of the voices please consult the product page: www.convenienceware.com/textparrot.php