Audible.com's Internet Audio Service Now Available on Apple's iTunes and iPod.Business & Technology Editors 34,000 Hours of Downloadable Audiobooks and Audio Editions of Periodicals Can Be Played By Mac Users Audible, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ) announced today at the MacWorld Conference and Expo that their industry-leading spoken audio service, audible.com, is available on Apple's iTunes digital music software and iPod portable digital audio player See digital music player, digital media hub and digital media server. . Audible.com(R) is the leading provider of downloadable spoken audio that informs and entertains anywhere and at anytime with audio editions of books, newspapers, magazines, radio programs and original shows. Audible's audio uses VoiceAge Corporation's ACELP ACELP Algebraic Code-Excited Linear Prediction ACELP Association Canadienne des Ecoles de Langues Privées ACELP Adaptive Code Excited Linear Prediction ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Predictive .net voice compression Same as speech compression. technology to deliver high quality spoken word content to iTunes and iPod. "We have known since the launch of the audible.com audio service that the cultural interests of Mac users created significant demand for Mac-compatible desktop players and portable devices," said Donald Katz, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Audible, Inc. "We are thrilled to finally introduce iPod and iTunes users to the compelling experience of Audible's content and services." "Apple's iTunes and iPod are the world's best jukebox software and MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. , and together they have changed the way people listen to music," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Now with Audible support built into iTunes 3 and the new iPod everyone can use Apple's breakthrough products to listen to their favorite books, news, and speeches wherever they go." iTunes users can now download their audio programs at audible.com for desktop playback, CD burning, or seamless transfer to the iPod portable digital audio player. iPods with a 20 GB hard drive can play between 1,300 and 5,000 hours of Audible audio, depending on the user's choice of various audio formats that balance file size and audio quality. During the initial launch of the Audible service, any iTunes user who registers at audible.com will be offered a free episode of RobinWilliams@audible.com, hailed by Us Magazine as the best talk show created specifically for the Internet. Downloading and transporting spoken word audio content requires high quality audio at the lowest possible bitrate to preserve the listening experience. VoiceAge's ACELP.net provides this high quality voice compression to enable iTunes and iPod to play audible.com content. Audible.com, recently named the best entertainment software on the Internet by CNet.com (June 2002), and one of the "Best of Today's Web" by PC World (August 2002) features daily audio editions of the Wall Street Journal and The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times -- available on a subscription basis in time for the morning drive to work each day -- as well as Forbes, Harvard Management Update, Scientific American Scientific American U.S. monthly magazine interpreting scientific developments to lay readers. It was founded in 1845 as a newspaper describing new inventions. By 1853 its circulation had reached 30,000 and it was reporting on various sciences, such as astronomy and and Fast Company. The site offers a powerful collection of audiobook best sellers and classics by authors such as Tom Clancy For the member of the Irish folk band The Clancy Brothers, see Tom Clancy (singer) and for the American Celticist, see Thomas Owen Clancy. Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (born April 12 1947), better known as Tom Clancy , Stephen King <noinclude></noinclude>
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and , John Grisham, Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , James Patterson, the Dalai Lama, David McCullough, Stephen Hawking, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, All Things Considered All Things Considered (ATC) is a news radio program in the United States, broadcast on the National Public Radio network. It was the first news program on the network, and is broadcast live worldwide through several outlets. , Car Talk, Fresh Air, and This American Life This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. It is distributed by Public Radio International and is also available as a free weekly podcast. ; and original shows such as RobinWilliams@audible.com. About Audible, Inc.: Audible(R) (www.audible.com(R)) is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(R) computer-based mobile devices. Audible has more than 34,000 hours of audio programs and 125 content partners that include leading audiobook publishers, broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers and business information providers. Audible.com is Amazon.com's (www.amazon.com) exclusive provider of spoken word products for downloading or streaming via the Web. Additionally, the Company is strategically aligned with Random House, Inc., to pioneer the first-ever imprint to produce spoken word content specifically suited for digital distribution, Random House Audible. Among the Company's key business partners are Apple Corp., Card Access Inc., Casio Inc., Handspring, Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc., SONICblue Incorporated's Rio Audio Group, Sony Electronics, Texas Instruments and VoiceAge Corp. About VoiceAge Corporation: VoiceAge Corporation develops narrowband and wideband low bit-rate audio and multimedia compression solutions for wireless 2G, 2.5G, 3G, and voice-over-packet networks. As experienced daily by hundreds of millions of users worldwide, VoiceAge's standard and proprietary solutions, built on the world-renowned ACELP(R) technology, ensure unsurpassed multimedia experience. VoiceAge was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Audible, www.audible.com and AudibleReady are registered trademarks of Audible, Inc.; AudibleListener is a trademark of Audible, Inc. and all are part of the family of Audible, Inc. trademarks. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This press release contains information about Audible, Inc. that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements about the company. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. |
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