Talking Application for the iPhone: It Speaks!, the Indispensable Travel Companion & Award-Winning App for iPhone, Uses Acapela Voices

MONS, Belgium, May 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- It Speaks! - a smart language application designed by Traduko - uses Acapela speech synthesis to turn words and phrases in 11 languages into natural voices with perfect accents, and works both online and offline.

The application has recently been awarded in the Excitera Mobile Cup, the world's largest platform-independent competition for mobile services, where the theme this year was "mobile services that will change the world".

It Speaks! is a great tool when travelling abroad, giving access to more than 1200 words and 300 phrases. The application includes a number of different phrases for different situations, such as at a restaurant, when you need medical help, making conversation or finding your way. At any time, the user listens to a natural voice that reads words and phrases instantly. It Speaks! is currently available in 11 languages: English, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian, with more to come. And all combinations of languages are possible.

'Providing text to speech for mobile applications and services is an increasingly important and rapidly growing part of Acapela's business. The limited screen size of the mobile device makes a speech interface the optimal solution. In the case of language learning it has of course a particularly important role. We are delighted that Traduko has chosen Acapela voices for It Speaks!, which is a very innovative and useful app', says Lars-Erik Larsson, CEO of Acapela Group.

'Choosing to use Acapela voices was an easy decision. The Acapela SDK (Software Development Kit) for iPhone is both well written and very quickly integrated. We are also very happy being able to offer a large selection of voices. Today we have 41 different voices but this is only the beginning', comments Erik Olsson, CEO of Traduko and creator of It Speaks!

The It Speaks! app for iPhone, iPad or iPod touch (iPhone OS 3.0 upwards) is available on the Apple AppStore. The basic application is free of charge while each text to speech voice costs 15 SEK (1.59 euro). For most languages the user can select among different male and female voices.

Read more about It Speaks!: http://www.traduko.se/itspeaks Read more about Acapela text to speech solutions for mobile applications on: http://www.acapela-group.com/develop-with-text-to-speech.html

About Traduko: Traduko is a translation agency working with professional translators, helping companies and organizations translate text to and from almost all existing languages. More at http://www.traduko.se About Mobile Cup 2010: Excitera Mobile Cup is the world's largest platform-independent competition for mobile services. More at http://www.mobilecup.se

About Acapela Group

Acapela Group, the leading European voice expert, invents text to speech solutions to give your content a voice in up to 25 languages. Our speech solutions allow you to turn any written text into natural speech files, using any of our 50 High Quality standard voices or your own synthezised voice talent. Acapela can answer all text to speech needs and provide perfect vocalization whether for voice integration and development, online & on demand use, audio files production, or ready to speak products for personal accessibility use. http://www.acapela-group.com

Check out http://www.acapela.tv - the sparkling laboratory of Acapela Group, for a fresh and exciting take on how speech synthesis can now be used: acapela.tv is a showcase and test playground that shares the possibilities of speech synthesis with Internet users, allowing them to discover innovative and attractive ways to make smart use of speech applications online.

SOURCE Acapela Group

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