Screen Reader: Acapela Group gives Further Support to NV Access with Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA
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Posted on January 29, 2015 at 7:28:01 AM
Screen Reader: Acapela Group gives Further Support to NV Access with Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA
Acapela Group is proud to introduce Acapela TTS voices for NVDA, enabling blind and vision impaired people to use High Quality and High Performing voices with the NVDA screen reader, at an affordable price.
MONS, Belgium, January 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
The NVDA project (Non Visual Desktop Access) enables blind and vision impaired people
to use a computer by communicating what is on the screen using a synthetic voice or
braille.
NVDA is the only screen reader for Microsoft Windows that is totally free, yet fully
functional and portable.
"Around 285 million people in the world are blind or visually impaired. NV Access'
mission is to make sure none of these people miss out on using a computer just because
they can't afford an expensive screen reader," says Michael Curran, Executive Director
from NV Access. "With Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA, they can also gain access to high
quality & performing voices that will enhance the NVDA experience with speech fully
adapted to their use."
Since its creation in April 2006, NVDA has been downloaded more than 70,000 times, is
available in over 43 languages and used in 120 countries.
At Acapela Group we unreservedly support this great open source project. In early 2014
we announced the integration of the NVDA screen reader into infovox4 and a donation to NV
Access for each unit of infovox4 sold.
With Acapela TTS for NVDA, we offer users of the screen reader easy access to high
quality and performing voices. The Acapela TTS voices for NVDA add-on is easy to install
and easy to use. It will give users access to text-to-speech in different languages, so
making the NVDA experience much richer. And Acapela will donate 10 Euros each time a unit
of Acapela TTS voices for NVDA is sold.
"Accessibility is very important to Acapela. As a leading player in speech, fully
committed for decades to making the life of users easier, it's our responsibility to
support projects such as NVDA, which are key to information access, education and
employment for millions of visually impaired people in the world," comments Lars-Erik
Larsson, CEO of Acapela Group.
The Acapela TTS voices for NVDA product already supports several languages: English
(US), English (UK), English (Australia), English (India), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (US),
Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Italian and Greek.
Voices are available in two versions, a Basic license (59 Euros) or a Premium license
(99 euros), both are multilingual and allow up to 3 installations.
Try Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA for free: A 15 day evaluation period gives you time to
decide http://www.acapela-nvda.com
How to get started
1) Download the product and some of the voices.
2) Open NVDA and install the Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA product and the voices. You will
automatically get a 15 day evaluation period. 3) Purchase a license when you feel ready.
You will receive a personal activation code. 4) Open the "Activate a new license" menu
item in NVDA -> Acapela TTS for NVDA and provide your activation code to activate your
license.
Thank you NV Access for your tremendous work for the visually impaired community
worldwide!
More about NV Access:
http://youtu.be/qOQ7zELFmLE
About Acapela Group :
We invent speech solutions to vocalize any written content with authentic and original
voices that express meaning and intent. Over 100 synthetic voices in 30 languages are
ready to give a voice to any content producing a natural and pleasant audio result, by
turning written input into speech. We can create the voice your company needs. Just for
you. This is Acapela bespoke expertise. Let's talk! http://www.acapela-group.com
Acapela Group
CONTACT: Contact: Caroline Houel, Telephone number: +33562247104, E-mail: caroline.houel@acapela-group.com
Acapela Group is proud to introduce Acapela TTS voices for NVDA, enabling blind and vision impaired people to use High Quality and High Performing voices with the NVDA screen reader, at an affordable price.
MONS, Belgium, January 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
The NVDA project (Non Visual Desktop Access) enables blind and vision impaired people
to use a computer by communicating what is on the screen using a synthetic voice or
braille.
NVDA is the only screen reader for Microsoft Windows that is totally free, yet fully
functional and portable.
"Around 285 million people in the world are blind or visually impaired. NV Access'
mission is to make sure none of these people miss out on using a computer just because
they can't afford an expensive screen reader," says Michael Curran, Executive Director
from NV Access. "With Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA, they can also gain access to high
quality & performing voices that will enhance the NVDA experience with speech fully
adapted to their use."
Since its creation in April 2006, NVDA has been downloaded more than 70,000 times, is
available in over 43 languages and used in 120 countries.
At Acapela Group we unreservedly support this great open source project. In early 2014
we announced the integration of the NVDA screen reader into infovox4 and a donation to NV
Access for each unit of infovox4 sold.
With Acapela TTS for NVDA, we offer users of the screen reader easy access to high
quality and performing voices. The Acapela TTS voices for NVDA add-on is easy to install
and easy to use. It will give users access to text-to-speech in different languages, so
making the NVDA experience much richer. And Acapela will donate 10 Euros each time a unit
of Acapela TTS voices for NVDA is sold.
"Accessibility is very important to Acapela. As a leading player in speech, fully
committed for decades to making the life of users easier, it's our responsibility to
support projects such as NVDA, which are key to information access, education and
employment for millions of visually impaired people in the world," comments Lars-Erik
Larsson, CEO of Acapela Group.
The Acapela TTS voices for NVDA product already supports several languages: English
(US), English (UK), English (Australia), English (India), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (US),
Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Italian and Greek.
Voices are available in two versions, a Basic license (59 Euros) or a Premium license
(99 euros), both are multilingual and allow up to 3 installations.
Try Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA for free: A 15 day evaluation period gives you time to
decide http://www.acapela-nvda.com
How to get started
1) Download the product and some of the voices.
2) Open NVDA and install the Acapela TTS Voices for NVDA product and the voices. You will
automatically get a 15 day evaluation period. 3) Purchase a license when you feel ready.
You will receive a personal activation code. 4) Open the "Activate a new license" menu
item in NVDA -> Acapela TTS for NVDA and provide your activation code to activate your
license.
Thank you NV Access for your tremendous work for the visually impaired community
worldwide!
More about NV Access:
http://youtu.be/qOQ7zELFmLE
About Acapela Group :
We invent speech solutions to vocalize any written content with authentic and original
voices that express meaning and intent. Over 100 synthetic voices in 30 languages are
ready to give a voice to any content producing a natural and pleasant audio result, by
turning written input into speech. We can create the voice your company needs. Just for
you. This is Acapela bespoke expertise. Let's talk! http://www.acapela-group.com
Acapela Group
CONTACT: Contact: Caroline Houel, Telephone number: +33562247104, E-mail: caroline.houel@acapela-group.com