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Broadcast Your Facebook News Feed and Talk Back, All by Voice

AUSTIN, Texas – July 17, 2012 – Android  device owners can now access, listen to, and post status updates and comments – all by voice – to their Facebook news feed via Friends Aloud, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first Android app to bring optimized state of the art reading aloud technology to Facebook, and has been optimized to take advantage of Android’s built-in automated speech recognition capabilities.

Using Friends Aloud, a user can:

·       Read aloud their latest Facebook news feed posts and their associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand voice

·       Dictate status updates, comments, and "like" your friends' posts with Android’s built-in automatic speech recognition, complete with punctuation 

·       Tap a keyboard icon to bring up a text entry screen to enter status updates and comments

·       Scroll through each post on screen or tap around to read posts at random

·       Automatically switch between reading existing posts in sequence or just reading new posts as they arrive for as long as desired

·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls

·       Continue reading aloud while in the background

·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)

·       Choose to limit the number of comments read aloud

"Facebook has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way they access and use social networking services”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Facebook friends while safely driving, walking, exercising – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. And you can dictate your own posts and comments without needing to type anything at all. In short, you can have a complete Facebook experience by voice.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details
Friends Aloud can be downloaded from Google Play for a one-time charge of $1.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Facebook experience that reads new posts and comments aloud as they arrive all day long, and will allow you to “talk back” to your Facebook friends.

Supporting materials
Additional product details: http://www.voizapp.com/friends-aloud-android.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

About Voizapp, Inc.
Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software.

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Media contact:          
Dr. Robert B. Wesson
Email: bob@voizapp.com
Telephone: +1-512-850-5803                      

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Listen to any web article or blog read aloud to you on any iOS device

AUSTIN, Texas – February 17, 2012 – All Apple iOS device owners can now listen to their saved web articles, blogs, new stories, and RSS feeds using Read It Aloud created by VoiZapp, Inc.  This is the first app to bring state of the art text-to-speech reading aloud technology to all Read It Later, InstaPaper, and Google Reader users.

Read It Aloud reads aloud any web article, blog, or news feed from your Google Reader, Read It Later, or InstaPaper account(s) anytime, anywhere. Using state of the art text-to-speech technology, you can listen hands-free to your Reader's RSS feed and/or saved web articles in a soothing voice when you’re driving, walking, working out, or just plain relaxing. During the workday, just save anything you'd like to have read to you. Then, during your evening commute or workout, use Read It Aloud as a personalized “news radio” that broadcasts just the news and information that you want to hear. Why listen to gritty news stories that you don’t really want to know from around the world, when you can listen to timely content that you've specifically selected from your own Internet interests?


Read It Aloud:

• Reads aloud your Google Reader RSS feed or articles saved via Read It Later or InstaPaper in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
• Displays each article on the screen, so that you can tap around to read saved articles at random
• Intuitive play, pause, and skip forward/back buttons, just like the iPhone’s native Music app
• Reads as much or as little of each article as you prefer, choosing from one to all paragraphs
• Double-tap to expand and read aloud the full article
• Translates Internet shorthand, such as :), into spoken language (“happy face”)

Using Read It Aloud, you can:

• Listen to your saved articles while driving, walking, in a meeting, at work, anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied
• Stay informed, even while you’re rushing around
• Relax your eyes by listening to, instead of reading, your saved articles
• Hands-free operation keeps you from getting pulled over for "texting while driving"
• And most importantly, it could prevent an accident and save your and/or another’s life

"The web has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way we all access and use the information it contains”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can listen to any web article, blog, or news story while safely driving, walking, exercising, or working – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. In short, Read It Aloud give you a complete, personalized web experience by voice.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details
Read It Aloud can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $2.99. It’s a completely ad-free audio/visual mobile web experience that reads anything saved in your Read It Later, InstaPaper, or Google Reader accounts.

Supporting materials
Additional product details, including a video introduction and full demo: http://www.voizapp.com/read-it-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html
iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/read-it-aloud/id501496821?ls=1&mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.
Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  InstaPaper and Read It Later are trademarks of their respective companies in the US and other countries around the world.

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Twitter can now listen to you with Siri-like speech recognition on any iOS device

AUSTIN, Texas – November 18, 2011 – All Apple iOS device owners can now listen to their Twitter feed and tweet back solely by voice using Tweets Aloud 3.0 created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It was the first app to bring state of the art text-to-speech reading aloud technology to Twitter, and now lets you talk back to Twitter just like Siri does, but on all iOS devices, not just on the new iPhone 4S.

Tweets Aloud 3.0 now includes Nuance-based speech recognition that now enables you to dictate your tweets. It reads aloud everyone you’re following on Twitter, and now listens to your spoken tweets, enabling a complete, end-to-end, Twitter-by-voice experience.  Just tap the microphone button on its main screen, say anything you like, and it will convert what you said to text and auto-send it to Twitter. Speak again to edit or add more to what you said before. Dictate punctuation as you like: to tweet "I think, therefore I am!" you would simply say, "I think comma therefore I am exclamation point." In the Settings screen, choose between an American or UK English accent, and turn on/off Auto-Send. Like Siri, it just works, but now on all iOS devices.


Using Tweets Aloud 3.0, a user can:
·       Read aloud their latest tweets in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
·       Speak tweets using Nuance-powered automatic speech recognition, complete with punctuation 
·       Tap a keyboard icon to bring up a text entry screen to type new tweets
·       Scroll through each tweet on screen or tap around to read aloud tweets at random
·       Automatically switch between reading their latest tweets in sequence or just reading new tweets as they arrive for as long as desired
·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod
·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod
·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)

"Twitter has become part of the social fabric of our lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way we access and use all of our social networking services", said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp's CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Twitter friends and news sources while safely driving, walking, exercising - anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. And with this new 3.0 version, you can now speak your tweets. In short, you can have a complete end-to-end Twitter experience entirely by voice."

Pricing, availability, and additional details
Tweets Aloud is available in two versions -- free or paid.  Tweets Aloud 3.0 can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $2.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Twitter experience that reads new posts and comments aloud as they arrive all day long, and will allow you to “talk back” to your Twitter followers. Users can try some of the core features and sample the voice for free by downloading ad-supported Tweets Aloud Lite that reads aloud the user’s latest 10 tweets as often as they wish.    

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including description and screenshots: http://www.voizapp.com/tweets-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages
·       Tweets Aloud 3.0 Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud/id457036250?ls=1&mt=8
·       Tweets Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud-lite/id457039195?ls=1&mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.
Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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Facebook can now listen to you with Siri-like speech recognition on any iOS device

AUSTIN, Texas – November 2, 2011 – All Apple iOS device owners can now access, listen to, and post status updates and comments solely by voice to their Facebook news feed via Friends Aloud 3.0 created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It was the first app to bring state of the art text-to-speech reading aloud technology to Facebook, and now lets you talk back to Facebook just like Siri does, but on all iOS devices, not just on the new iPhone 4S.

Friends Aloud 3.0 now includes Nuance-based speech recognition that enables you to dictate status updates, comments, and "likes." It reads aloud and listens to your spoken responses, enabling a complete, end-to-end, Facebook-by-voice experience.  Just tap the microphone button on its main screen, say anything you like, and it will convert what you said to text and auto-send it to Facebook. Start speaking by saying "Comment..." to make it a comment, or just say "Like" to like the current post. Speak again to edit or add more to what you said before. Dictate punctuation as you like: to post "I think, therefore I am!" you would simply say, "I think comma therefore I am exclamation point." In the Settings screen, choose between an American or UK English accent, and turn on/off Auto-Send. Like Siri, it just works, but now on all iOS devices.

Using Friends Aloud 3.0, a user can:
·       Read aloud their latest Facebook news feed posts and their associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
·       Dictate status updates, comments, and "like" your friends' posts with Nuance-powered automatic speech recognition, complete with punctuation 
·       Tap a keyboard icon to bring up a text entry screen to enter status updates and comments
·       Scroll through each post on screen or tap around to read posts at random
·       Automatically switch between reading existing posts in sequence or just reading new posts as they arrive for as long as desired
·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod
·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod
·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)
·       Choose to limit the number of comments read aloud

"Facebook has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way they access and use social networking services”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can now talk back to your Facebook friends while safely driving, walking, exercising, or working – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. In short, Friends Aloud 3.0 give you a complete Facebook experience by voice.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Friends Aloud is available in two versions -- free or paid.  Friends Aloud 3.0 can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $2.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Facebook experience that reads new posts and comments aloud as they arrive all day long, and will allow you to “talk back” to your Facebook friends. Users can try some of the core features and sample the voice for free by downloading ad-supported Friends Aloud Lite that reads aloud the user’s latest 10 news feed posts as often as they wish.

Supporting materials
Additional product details, including a video introduction and full demo: http://www.voizapp.com/friends-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages
·       Friends Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id423549443?mt=8
·       Friends Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id426816820?mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.
Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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News Radio that Broadcasts Your Twitter Feed via Speech, Now Lets You Talk Back

AUSTIN, Texas – October 17, 2011 – Apple iOS device owners can now access, listen to, and post updates to their Twitter feed via Tweets Aloud 2.0, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first iOS app to bring optimized state of the art text-to-speech technology to Twitter on all iOS devices, and has now been optimized to take advantage of the speech recognition capability that Siri also uses just released on the iPhone 4S.

With this new version and a quick tap, Tweets Aloud 2.0 users can now compose and send new tweets to their Twitter account. Using iPhone 3GS and 4, iPad, and iPod Touch, the usual keyboard is used for input. The iPhone 4S has a microphone button embedded within the keyboard that will allow tweets to be dictated strictly by Siri's automated speech recognition. If Siri does not transcribe the dictation correctly, the keyboard can still be used to correct the transcription manually.

Using Tweets Aloud, a user can:



·       Read aloud their latest tweets in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
·       Tap a keyboard icon to bring up a text entry screen to enter new tweets. If using an iPhone 4S, tap the microphone button (next to spacebar) to dictate new tweet.
·       Scroll through each tweet on screen or tap around to read aloud tweets at random
·       Automatically switch between reading their latest tweets in sequence or just reading new tweets as they arrive for as long as desired
·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod
·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod
·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)

"Twitter has become part of the social fabric of our lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way we access and use all of our social networking services", said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp's CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Twitter friends and news sources while safely driving, walking, exercising - anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. With this new 2.0 version, you can type your own tweets. And if you have the new iPhone 4S, you can dictate your own tweets without needing to type anything. In short, you can have a complete Twitter experience entirely by voice."

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Tweets Aloud is available as free and paid options.  Tweets Aloud Pro can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $1.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Twitter experience that reads new posts aloud as they arrive all day long, and will allow you to “talk back” to your Twitter friends. Users can try some of the core features for free by downloading ad-supported Tweets Aloud Lite that reads aloud the latest 10 tweets as often as they wish.

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including description and screenshots: http://www.voizapp.com/tweets-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages

·       Tweets Aloud 2.0 Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud/id457036250?ls=1&mt=8
·       Tweets Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud-lite/id457039195?ls=1&mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.

Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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News Radio Broadcasts Your Facebook News Feed via Speech, Now Lets You Talk Back

AUSTIN, Texas – September 15, 2011 – Apple iOS device owners can now access, listen to, and post status updates and comments to their Facebook news feed via Friends Aloud 2.0, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first iOS app to bring optimized state of the art text-to-speech technology to Facebook on all iOS devices, and has now been optimized to take advantage of the expected voice recognition capability of iOS 5.

With this new version and one tap, Friends Aloud 2.0 users can now enter status updates and comments to their Facebook account. Under iOS 3 and 4, the usual keyboard is used for input, but iOS 5 is expected to have a microphone button embedded within the keyboard that will allow posts and comments to be dictated strictly by voice recognition.

Using Friends Aloud, a user can:

·       Read aloud their latest Facebook news feed posts and their associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
·       Tap a keyboard icon to bring up a text entry screen to enter status updates and comments
·       Scroll through each post on screen or tap around to read posts at random
·       Automatically switch between reading existing posts in sequence or just reading new posts as they arrive for as long as desired
·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod
·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod
·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)
·       Choose to limit the number of comments read aloud

"Facebook has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way they access and use social networking services”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Facebook friends while safely driving, walking, exercising – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. And after iOS 5 ships next month, you can probably dictate your own posts and comments without needing to type anything. In short, you can have a complete Facebook experience by voice.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Friends Aloud is available in two versions -- free or paid.  Friends Aloud Pro can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $1.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Facebook experience that reads new posts and comments aloud as they arrive all day long, and will allow you to “talk back” to your Facebook friends. Users can try some of the core features and sample the voice for free by downloading ad-supported Friends Aloud Lite that reads aloud the user’s latest 10 news feed posts as often as they wish.

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including a video introduction and full demo: http://www.voizapp.com/friends-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages

·       Friends Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id423549443?mt=8
·       Friends Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id426816820?mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.

Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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AUSTIN, Texas – August 26, 2011 – Apple iOS device owners can now access and listen to their Twitter feed via Tweets Aloud, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first iOS app to bring optimized state of the art text-to-speech technology to Twitter on all iOS devices.

Using Tweets Aloud, a user can:

·       Read aloud their latest tweets in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice

·       Scroll through each tweet on screen or tap around to read tweets at random

·       Automatically switch between reading their latest tweets in sequence or just reading new tweets as they arrive for as long as desired

·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod

·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod

·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)

"Twitter has become part of the social fabric of our lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way we access and use all of our social networking services", said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp's CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Twitter friends and news sources while safely driving, walking, exercising - anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. Tweets Aloud also gives the visually-impaired and elderly an audible window into their friends' and families' lives."

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Tweets Aloud is available as free and paid options.  Tweets Aloud Pro can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $1.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Twitter experience that reads new posts aloud as they arrive all day long with no user interaction necessary. Users can try some of the core features for free by downloading ad-supported Tweets Aloud Lite that reads aloud the latest 10 tweets as often as they wish.

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including description and screenshots: http://www.voizapp.com/tweets-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages:
·       Tweets Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud/id457036250?ls=1&mt=8
·       Tweets Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweets-aloud-lite/id457039195?ls=1&mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.

Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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AUSTIN, Texas – August 24, 2011 – Apple iOS device owners can now access and listen to their Facebook messages via Messages Aloud, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first iOS app to bring optimized state of the art text-to-speech technology to Facebook messaging on all iOS devices.

Using Messages Aloud, a user can:

·       Read aloud their latest Facebook messages in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice

·       Scroll through each message on screen or tap around to read messages at random

·       Automatically switch between reading their latest messages in sequence or just reading new messages as they arrive for as long as desired

·       Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod

·       Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod

·       Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad faces, etc.)

"Facebook has become an integral part of our lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way we access and use social networking services”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Facebook messages while safely driving, walking, exercising – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. Messages Aloud also gives the visually-impaired and elderly an audible window into their friends’ and families’ lives.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Messages Aloud is available as free and paid options.  Messages Aloud Pro can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $1.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Facebook experience that reads new posts aloud as they arrive all day long with no user interaction necessary. Users can try some of the core features for free by downloading ad-supported Messages Aloud Lite that reads aloud the user’s latest 10 messages as often as they wish.

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including description and screenshots: http://www.voizapp.com/messages-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages:
·       Messages Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/messages-aloud/id456979703?ls=1&mt=8
·       Messages Aloud Lite: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/messages-aloud-lite/id456982237?ls=1&mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.

Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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Add Speech to New or Existing Apps 

 AUSTIN, Texas – June 3, 2011 – As part of our commitment to design, create, and market the very best mobile apps available today, Austin, Texas software development firm VoiZapp, Inc. has assembled a crackerjack software development team led by Dr. Robert B. Wesson, whose Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and specialization in Automated Speech Recognition is augmented by decades of software development and marketing experience. VoiZapp's experts manifest broad experience across the various modalities of mobile app design, programming, and marketing. VoiZapp’s experts are now available to create custom speech-enabled mobile apps for clients or to add speech recognition and/or text-to-speech to their existing iOS or Android apps. 

“VoiZapp has designed and built world-class speech-enabled mobile apps such as Friends Aloud for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad, and is rapidly adding more such apps that let the user interact with their visual streams of information via voice in an intelligent and reliable fashion,” Dr. Wesson said. “In response to inquiries from other companies who want to speech-enable their own mobile and/or web apps, we have opened up our development environment. VoiZapp’s personnel have given voice to the most demanding applications on the planet, including training simulators for air traffic controllers, and it’s time we broadened our reach to the rest of the mobile marketplace. People need to stop squinting and poking at tiny screens, and start talking to their mobile devices.”

Dr. Wesson’s deep history in speech recognition includes inventing the world’s first speech-enabled air traffic control training simulator that ultimately garnered over $100 million in U.S. Air Force and Federal Aviation Administration contracts; adding voice control to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter cockpit; building portable speech-to-speech translators; and giving voice to Real Sue, a free conversational Android app. In addition to its multiple flavors of Friends Aloud, VoiZapp’s emerging Aloud series will soon include Tweets Aloud, (Google) Reader Aloud, (Facebook) Messages Aloud, (Read It) Later Aloud, and Emails Aloud.

Supporting materials
Additional details about VoiZapp’s Custom Mobile App Division: http://www.voizapp.com/services.html.
A video introduction and full demo of Friends Aloud: http://www.voizapp.com/friends-aloud.html
Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html
Bios of key personnel: http://www.voizapp.com/management.html

iTunes App Store pages
·         Friends Aloud HD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud-hd/id439081208?mt=8
·         Friends Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id423549443?mt=8
·        Friends Aloud Lite (free iPhone version): http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id426816820?mt=8 

About Voizapp, Inc.
Founded in 2010 but with roots that reach back to the dawn of personal computers, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. Our founders have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to productivity to professional training simulation software. Our mission: to augment heretofore visual streams of information with speech on mobile devices. The core idea is that mobile devices are used when you're on the go and not able to (or should not) focus on or manually manipulate visual information presented on too-small screens anyway. Yet you'd still like to stay connected with your digital life -- Facebook posts & messages, emails, tweets, articles, website, and books you didn't have time to read at the office. VoiZapp’s apps make all that possible.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Personalized News Radio that Broadcasts Your Facebook News Feed via Speech

AUSTIN, Texas – March 28, 2011 – Apple iOS device owners can now access and listen to their Facebook news feed via Friends Aloud, created by VoiZapp, Inc.  It is the first iOS app to bring optimized  state of the art text-to-speech technology to Facebook on all iOS devices.

Using Friends Aloud, a user can:
·         Read aloud their latest Facebook news feed posts and their associated comments in a pleasant, easy-to-understand young woman’s voice
·         Scroll through each post on screen or tap around to read posts at random
·         Automatically switch between reading existing posts in sequence or just reading new posts as they arrive for as long as desired
·         Play, pause, and skip forward/back using intuitive controls, just like the iPod
·         Continue reading aloud while in the background, just like the iPod
·         Understand and read common computer jargon such as smiley faces and texting-style abbreviations (LOL, ROTFLMAO, happy/sad face, etc.)
·         Choose to limit the number of comments read aloud

"Facebook has become an integral part of peoples’ lives, and mobile has fundamentally changed the way they access and use social networking services”, said Dr. Robert B. Wesson, Voizapp’s CEO. "You can now stay in touch with your Facebook friends while safely driving, walking, exercising – anywhere your eyes are otherwise occupied. Friends Aloud also gives the visually-impaired and elderly an audible window into their friends’ and families' lives.”

Pricing, availability, and additional details

Friends Aloud is available as free and paid options.  Friends Aloud Pro can be downloaded from Apple's App Store for a one-time charge of $4.99. It’s a complete ad-free audio/visual mobile Facebook experience that reads new posts aloud as they arrive all day long. Users can try some of the core features for free by downloading ad-supported Friends Aloud Lite that reads aloud the user’s latest 10 news feed posts as often as they wish.

Supporting materials

Additional product details, including a video introduction and full demo: http://www.voizapp.com/friends-aloud.html
  Press kit download: http://www.voizapp.com/press-room.html

iTunes App Store pages
·         Friends Aloud HD (iPad only):  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud-hd/id439081208?mt=8
·         Friends Aloud Pro: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id423549443?mt=8
·         Friends Aloud LITE: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/friends-aloud/id426816820?mt=8

About Voizapp, Inc.

Founded in 2010, VoiZapp Inc. is a software development company located in Austin, Texas. We have been developing software for personal computers for literally decades, from games to million-dollar professional training systems sold to governments and institutions around the world. We are now passionate about developing speech-enabled mobile software for Apple's iOS platform that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and Apple TV.

iPhone and iPod are trademarks of Apple, Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.  Facebook is a trademark of Facebook Inc., in the US and other countries around the world.

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