GhostReader 1.6 delivers new voices and Safari 4 compatibility

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GhostReader 1.6 delivers new voices and Safari 4 compatibility - Published on 04/16/09

 

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

AssistiveWare today announced the release of GhostReader 1.6, which delivers new voices for Arabic, Greek, Russian, Italian, Turkish, British, and Norwegian. It also offers Safari 4 compatibility and adds new large educational discounts. 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 for playback on iPhone and iPod.

 

Amsterdam - ConvenienceWare / AssistiveWare® today announced the release of GhostReader 1.6, which delivers new voices for Arabic, Greek, Russian, Italian, Turkish, British English, and Norwegian. It also provides Safari 4 compatibility and adds new large educational discounts. 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!

 

GhostReader 1.6 includes the following enhances:

* New voice languages: Arabic, Greek, Russian

* New high quality voices for existing languages: Italian male voice, Turkish female voice, British female voice, Norwegian male voice

* Compatibility with Safari 4

* New localization: Italian (provided by our partner Active Software)

 

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.

 

GhostReader 1.6 is a free update for existing users. It is a Universal Binary requiring Mac OS X 10.4 or later. Voices are currently available for the following languages: American English, British English, Czech, Finnish, French, Canadian French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Spanish, American Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Russian and Swedish. GhostReader itself is localized in English, French, Italian and German.

 

Pricing and Availability:

Pricing for GhostReader starts at 39.95 Euro/USD excluding VAT for a single-user monolingual version (includes all voices for a language of choice). Multilingual licenses, household licenses, classroom licenses and school licenses are also available. New with GhostReader 1.6 are the educational M license for up to 150 computers (999 Euro/USD excluding VAT) and the educational L license for up to 1000 computers (1849 Euro/USD excluding VAT) and the L licenses for 500 additional computers (500 Euro/USD excluding VAT ).

 

GhostReader is also available as a bundle with Infovox iVox for system-wide high quality voices that can be used with practically all Speech Manager compatible Mac OS X applications. Pricing for this bundle starts at 109 Euro/USD excluding VAT for a single user license.

 

A boxed edition of GhostReader is distributed in Europe through Application Systems Heidelberg and available in selected European countries from Apple Stores, FNAC, Amazon and many Apple Resellers throughout the continent. For more information, a fully-functional downloadable demo and to listen to samples of the voices please consult the product page.

 

ConvenienceWare: http://www.convenienceware.com/

GhostReader 1.6: http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php

Download GhostReader: http://www.convenienceware.com/download.php

Purchase GhostReader: http://www.convenienceware.com/purchase.php

Voice Samples: http://www.convenienceware.com/voices.php

Screenshots and App Icon: http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader/screenshots.php

 

 

AssistiveWare is the worldwide leader in innovative assistive technology software for Mac OS X and iPhone that gives people back their lives. This includes award-winning KeyStrokes® and TouchStrokes® virtual keyboards, SwitchXS® scanning on-screen keyboard, LayoutKitchen® panel editor, and Proloquo® multi-purpose speech solution. 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. VisioVoice, SwitchXS, KeyStrokes, TouchStrokes, LayoutKitchen, GhostReader and Proloquo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Niemeijer Consult. Infovox iVox is a trademark of Acapela Group. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

 

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David Niemeijer

CEO

+31-20-6127473

 

d.niemeijer ( -at -) assistiveware.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

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