IVONA Launches New, Free Voice Apps for Android

GDYNIA, Poland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- IVONA Software, an award winning developer and provider of Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology, today announced the availability of new mobile applications for Android featuring highly accurate and natural voices. The IVONA Text-to-Speech voice apps allow Android device users to opt to hear IVONA voices within applications that use text-to-speech functionality. IVONA launched its first mobile voice app last month in American English. Now users can also access IVONA mobile apps for UK English, Spanish, Polish, German and French voices. All IVONA Text-to-Speech voices are free until September 15.

IVONA was recently confirmed in a recent industry study by ASR News to be the most accurate TTS engine, meaning that users of the Android devices will enjoy a higher quality, more human-like sounding voice. When using apps such as those that read out e-books or driving directions, users will be able to understand the voices perfectly, as they will sound as if an actual human was speaking the words. IVONA outranked competitors such as Microsoft, Nuance, SVOX and AT&T in a head-to-head comparison testing TTS accuracy.

“Now, as confirmed by comprehensive industry study, Android users can know that by using IVONA, their device is not only getting the highest quality voices but the most accurate as well, which is important especially for activities such as listening driving directions.” said Lukasz Osowski, CEO of IVONA.

Once IVONA voices are installed, apps like Google Navigation, Moon Reader Pro, Book Speech and others will begin speaking aloud with amazing quality sound.

The IVONA Text-to-Speech HQ app is available for download from the Android Market.

About IVONA® Software

IVONA Software is widely recognized and awarded as the highest-quality, most accurate and natural-sounding Text-to-Speech system in the world. IVONA develops TTS technology which can be used for voicing wide range of applications used in mobile, business, telephony allowing companies to deliver reach content applications and cut costs. IVONA Text-to-Speech technology can be delivered as "on premise" solution, Speech Cloud or embedded into personal devices. In support of its long-standing commitment to accessibility, the Company works closely with the largest organizations supporting blind and visually impaired people in the world, including Royal National Institute for Blind and DAISY Consortium.

CONTACT:

GK Communications for IVONA
Greg Kalish, +1-516-665-3292
gkalish@gkcomms.com

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