Year: 2005

Acapela Multimedia for Mac OS X SDK released

Acapela Group has announced the release of Acapela Multimedia for Mac OS X, a speech synthesis solution designed to voice-enable Mac multimedia applications. “Acapela Text to Speech generates smooth and natural sounding voices, providing high intelligibility and naturalness for the end-user. The automatic intonation reflects the meaning of the text, with respect to pauses, breath groups, punctuation and context,” notes the company.

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Registration now open for UKs MacExpo 2005

MacExpo 2005, which takes place in the Olympia National Hall, Kensington, London October 27-29 is now accepting pre-registrations, notes Macworld UK. “Plans for the 2005 show are now well advanced and with the new larger venue we are looking forward to our best show yet,” show organizers say, promising, “Visitor information will be added to the website over the coming weeks.”

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Griffin ships iVault for iPod shuffle

Griffin Technology today announced that the iVault aluminum case for the iPod shuffle is now shipping. “Machined entirely out of aluminum, the iVault safely encloses your iPod shuffle, while still allowing total access to the control wheel, audio jack, on switch, USB port, and LED. The front and back halves of the case are joined together by 4 small screws, so your iPod Shuffle is guaranteed to be secure.

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Formac introduces new LCD line and lowers prices

Formac introduces new LCD line and lowers prices.

Gallery Platinum features 8ms pixel response time to deliver superior
high-density graphics and video performance. Promotion starts at $459 for
19″, $659 for 20.1″.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – June 30th 2005 – Formac Electronic Inc., a leading
manufacturer of performance enhancing peripherals and advanced
visualization solutions, today announced its new Gallery Platinum LCD with
19.0″ or 20.1″ viewable screen.

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