AssistiveWare previews iPhone text-to-speech and new Mac voices at BETT

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AssistiveWare previews iPhone text-to-speech and new Mac voices at BETT - Published on 01/13/09

 

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AssistiveWare today announced that at BETT it will preview Proloquo2Go, which uses Acapela Group's forthcoming iPhone text-to-speech to provide a full-fledged communication solution on the iPhone and iPod touch for people who cannot speak. Also previewed at BETT is the upcoming version of Infovox iVox, which introduces new British, Italian, Greek, Norwegian and Russian voices for the Mac. Come to the AssistiveWare booth SN47 to see this and other software.

 

Amsterdam - AssistiveWare® today announced that at BETT it will preview Proloquo2Go, which uses Acapela Group's forthcoming iPhone text-to-speech to provide a full-fledged communication solution on the iPhone and iPod touch for people who cannot speak. Also previewed at BETT is the upcoming version of Infovox iVox, which introduces new British, Italian, Greek, Norwegian and Russian voices for the Mac. Come to the AssistiveWare booth SN47 in the Special Needs Section of the BETT show in London to see this and other Mac software.

 

BETT, the world's largest educational technology event, runs from 14 to 17 January 2009 in the Olympia Hall in the heart of London, UK.

 

Also demoed at AssistiveWare's BETT booth are the GhostReader document and selection reader used by struggling readers and for language learning, the KeyStrokes award-winning on-screen keyboard, the SwitchXS switch access solution to Mac OS X, the VisioVoice access solution for people with vision impairments, and the Mac-based Proloquo communication software.

 

AssistiveWare will also be showcasing the Axiotron Modbook. This one and only tablet Mac provides an ideal platform for the AssistiveWare assistive technology software because of it's compact form-factor and durable design.

 

Kallysta, a long-term AssistiveWare partner will also be present in booth SN47 to demonstrate it's educational Mac and iPod solutions in the form of a mobile iPod lab and their new KallyLang Mac-based language lab solution. Explore these exciting products and come meet AssistiveWare's and Kallysta's staff at BETT.

 

AssistiveWare: http://www.assistiveware.com

BETT: http://www.bettshow.com

Axiotron: http://www.axiotron.com/

Kallysta: http://www.kallysta.com/

 

 

AssistiveWare is the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X that gives people back their lives. This includes award-winning KeyStrokes® and TouchStrokes® virtual keyboards, SwitchXS® scanning on-screen keyboard, LayoutKitchen® panel editor, Proloquo® multi-purpose speech solution, and VisioVoice®, the award-winning solution for vision impaired Mac users. The ConvenienceWare product line makes the advanced technologies developed by AssistiveWare available in cool and convenient applications that can make the life of Mac users easier. AssistiveWare and ConvenienceWare are trade names and trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. AssistiveGaming, GhostReader, VisioVoice, SwitchXS, KeyStrokes, TouchStrokes, LayoutKitchen, and Proloquo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. Infovox iVox is a trademark of Acapela Group. Head Designed is a trademark of Giesbert Nijhuis. All other trademarks are pro

perties of their respective owners.

 

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David Niemeijer

CTO, co-CEO

 

 

d.niemeijer ( -at -) assistiveware.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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