Accessibility: Meet TextScout, the Mobile Reading Assistant Speech Empowered With...

Accessibility: Meet TextScout, the Mobile Reading Assistant Speech Empowered
With Acapela Speech Synthesis

MONS, Belgium, August 27 /PRNewswire/ -- elumo, a developer of innovative
aids for blind and visually impaired people,launches its first brand new
product, TextScout, speech empowered with Acapela voices.
Designed to help visually impaired people to access written information
of all types while on the go, TextScout turns a mobile phone into a mobile
reading assistant.
The smart application uses the built-in camera of the mobile phone to
capture the text, scan it and turn it into speech to read it to the user,
giving him a precious hand to deal with pervasive written information.
Acapela text to speech comes in to turn the scanned information into pleasant
speech and providing to the end user the audio result of the information he
needs."TextScout recognizes all kinds of printed documents, whatever the text
and the format are, including letters, price tags, shopping receipts,
invoices, flyers, business cards, magazines, restaurant menus, etc. The end
user listens to the vocalisation of the written information he needs easily,
quickly and autonomously.
The high quality and naturalness of Acapela speech synthesis contributes
significantly to make TextScout a daily companion that users will adopt and
live with" says Christian Bott, managing director of elumo.Easy to use
features such as the alignment assistant, anti-shake protection and image
quality feedback help the user to obtain good reading results.
"We are very happy to give the say to TextScout which invents a new
affordable and innovative way to ease the life of people living with visual
difficulties. Acapela voices once again demonstrate how speech synthesis can
contribute to speech animate Accessibility smart interfaces with natural and
pleasant voices" says Lars-Erik Larsson, Acapela Group CEO.
TextScout is already available in German and English and new languages
will be added soon.
For more information: http://www.elumo.net
About Acapela Group, http://www.acapela-group.com
Acapela Group, the leading European voice expert, invents text-to- speech
solutions to give your content a voice in up to 25 languages. We help you
build your 'voice strategy', to enhance the promotion of your business to
customers through the spoken word, and add audible value to your services and
applications for improved market recognition and audio-brand visibility.
Our speech solutions allow you to turn any written text into natural
speech files, using over 50 High Quality standard voices or your own
synthesised voice talent.
Acapela can answer all your text-to-speech needs and provide perfect
vocalisation whether for voice integration and development, online & on
demand use, audio files production, or ready to speak products for personal
accessibility use.
Our international team of experts is fully dedicated to developing the
best voice solutions, adapted to your particular project and market
specificities. Over 850 companies around the world have already adopted
Acapela high quality voices to voice-empower their products and services, in
very different markets.
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

Contact: Acapela Group, Caroline Houel, Communication Manager,
+33-5-62-24-71-04, caroline.houel@acapela-group.com