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NextUp.com Newsletter August 2007 Hello from NextUp.com! Congratulations to Mike N., winner of the NextUp.com golf shirt for last month's newsletter prize. This month one lucky winner will receive a SanDisk Sansa 1GB MP3 Player, so be sure to read on for details on how you can enter. Thanks for staying tuned! TextAloud Advanced FAQ As most of you know, we offer fantastic email support, probably the fastest responses on the net. But we've also built up some good documentation to help you get the most out of TextAloud. One of the great resources is the TextAloud manual at http://www.nextup.com/manual.html Also, we long ago learned that most of our users are smarter than us, and for really complex questions, users often come up with better solutions than we do, so we invite you all to drop by our online User Forum at http://nextup.com/phpBB2/index.php One additional resource is our Advanced FAQ, which is part of the forum system where we answer some of the tougher questions we get, and reveal some really advanced features of TextAloud that most users do not know about. The Advanced FAQ is at http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=11 We thought this month we'd highlight some of the more interesting items there that you might find helpful. Common problems with getting HotKeys to work with other Windows Programs http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3461 Forcing upper-case words to be spelled instead of pronounced http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3348 How to backup pronunciation edits http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1507 Older free voices not showing up in TextAloud http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3284 How to suppress numbers in text from being spoken http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3269 Skipping comments or certain text http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3146 Using TextAloud to repeat the same text over and over http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3048 Using TextAloud to read emails in TextAloud or Internet Mail http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2818 Not speaking numbers at the start of lines http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2202 How to transfer TextAloud audio files to Itunes/Ipod http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2009 Common problems when reading PDF Files http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1778 Information on SAPI5 Speech control tags http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1694 Pausing automatically at certain punctuation or carriage returns http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1526 How to embed speed and volume tags within text http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1515 Reading Microsoft Reader .lit files in TextAloud http://nextup.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1514 We hope these and the other online resources we provide help you get more out of Textaloud. As always if you have any questions or suggestions for us, let us know. Special Offer - Sale On Voices It's our 8th year now with TextAloud and providing great voices to our customers, so we decided to celebrate with a sale. This special offer will only last for one week, so don't delay if you want to get a great deal on some outstanding voices. Act now and you can purchase three high quality English voices for TextAloud for only $75. Normally the cost would be between $105 and $135, depending on which three voices you purchased, but for one week only if you buy three of these voices you will get them for only $25 each. Go to the following page for complete details on this special offer and how you can order now http://nextup.com/sale.html This deal is available only to TextAloud users and voices are for use with TextAloud and our other products. If you don't already have TextAloud, you'll be given a chance to buy it on the order page. The $75 price is for download only and a high speed Internet connection is required for that, or you can choose to pay extra charges for CD/shipping if you need that instead. If you want to substitute voices in languages other than English, we can do that but it is done manually and the cost is $85 for 3 voices. Details on all these things are on the above web page. Partner Products from Acoustica We've partnered with Acoustica, a leader in audio related software, to offer 4 unique products that may fit how you use audio you create in TextAloud. Free demo versions are available for download so if any of these sound like they might help you, please check them out at http://www.nextup.com/acoustica.html Acoustica MP3 CD Burner 4.5 - Burn Audio CDs or MP3 CDs with TextAloud audio files or music files. Acoustica Audio Converter Pro - Easy audio file conversion with right-click explorer integration to convert between MP3, WAV, WMA, CDA, or OGG files. Acoustica MP3 Audio Mixer - Mix audio files to add background music to TTS files, or speed up/slow down spoken audio files. Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker - Make attractive labels for your custom created CDs. Acoustica is a company we trust to treat our customers right, and we invite you to try these products at http://nextup.com/acoustica.html Monthly Drawing - Back To School With TextAloud We have tons of people enjoying the benefits of using TextAloud in combination with a portable audio device like the iPod, a PocketPC, flash memory MP3 players, or CD players. Students especially find TextAloud to be a great study tool that helps them deal with large amounts of reading, prepare for quizzes, and even improve their writing by serving as a proofreading aid. It's back to school time so for this month's contest we're asking you to help us get the word out to students (and parents). The prize this month is a SanDisk Sansa 1GB MP3 Player. This is a neat little player with 1 GB of storage capacity, an FM tuner, voice recording and custom playback options. All you have to do to enter is tell a student or parent you know about TextAloud and direct them to the following page for more details http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/school.html then for your entry, send us an email to newsletterdrawing@nextup.com We'll draw a winner from entries received by Friday, August 31 to win a SanDisk Sansa 1GB MP3 Player. Thanks and best of luck! If you find our products useful, please share the news with your friends and at your place of business. We offer Volume Pricing with Site Licensing available to schools, organizations and businesses. If you'd like more information on this or have questions about any of our products, please don't hesitate to contact us at support@nextup.com Thank you for your interest in our company & products. The NextUp.com Team NextUp.com The Power of Spoken Audio http://www.NextUp.com A Division of NextUp Technologies, LLC Special Offer It's our 8th year now for TextAloud and providing great voices to our customers, so we decided to celebrate with a sale. This special offer will only last for one week, so don't delay if you want to get a great deal on some outstanding voices. Get the details in our newsletter at left, or just click on the voice sale link below. Quick Links Voice Sale TextAloud NextUp Talker User Forums