Digital Future Teams with Wizzard Software to Add AT&T's Natural Voices to TTS Application.PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :WIZD) announced today that the Atlanta, Georgia-based company Digital Future has licensed Wizzard's text-to-speech technology offering for use in their TextSpeech Pro 2.0, a powerful and easy-to-use TTS (1) See text-to-speech. (2) (Transaction Tracking System) Software that monitors a transaction until completion. In the event of a hardware or software failure, it ensures that the database is brought back to its former state before the attempt to application. An ideal product for the visually impaired, TextSpeech Pro is currently used by a variety of businesses and educational institutions across the country. Powered by AT&T's Natural Voices, TextSpeech Pro is a text-to-speech software that has the ability to read documents in various formats in a clear, natural-sounding voice. TextSpeech Pro also converts documents to speech audio files, as well as converts copied text to speech. This desktop software can browse web pages and read them directly from its interface. It also can extract and read emails from Microsoft(R) Outlook(TM). "Adding AT&T Natural Voices to TextSpeech Pro gave us a better edge, putting us ahead of our competitors," said Digital Future's Senior Software Developer Roumen K. Petrov. "Initially, we were using generic text-to-speech voices from another company, which sounded too robotic. We wanted to make TextSpeech Pro the best available text-to-speech software and we think we accomplished this by adding the wonderful AT&T Natural Voices to the product. We believe they are the best text-to-speech voices in the world." TextSpeech Pro utilizes a special "Pro File Format'" that allows every document to be saved in its entirety and integrated with its specific voice settings like voice type, volume, speed, audio format, and other vital voice settings. Additionally, a unique "breaks" functionality lets TextSpeech Pro remember where the user has last stopped reading a document and resumes reading at that precise point the next time the user opens the file. The speech can also be exported to a WAV file The native digital audio format in Windows. Using the .WAV file extension, 8- or 16-bit samples can be taken at rates of 11,025 Hz, 22,050 Hz and 44,100 Hz. The highest quality (16-bit at 44,100 Hz) is the sampling rate of an audio CD and uses 88KB of storage per second. and alternatively TextSpeech Pro can speak WAV files like an audio player promoting a more personal experience for the end user. "We were delighted to assist Digital Future with their TextSpeech Pro product," said Bruce Phifer, General Manager of the Technology and Services Division of Wizzard Software. "The AT&T Natural Voices product continues to be the most 'human-sounding' speech engine on the market and it was a perfect fit for Digital Future's quality requirements." About Digital Future: Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Digital Future has specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. in voice-enabled services and home user software for all operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. since 2003. For more information on Digital Futures and TextSpeech Pro, visit www.textspeechpro.com. About Wizzard Software Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors. In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired MedivoxRx Technologies. Founded in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator Originator A bank, savings and loan, or mortgage banker that initially made a mortgage loan that is part of a pool. Also, an investment bank that has worked with the issuer of a new securities offering from the beginning and is usually appointed manager of the underwriting of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear critical information on dosage dosage /dos·age/ (do´saj) the determination and regulation of the size, frequency, and number of doses. dos·age n. 1. Administration of a therapeutic agent in prescribed amounts. amounts and refill refill noun A second allotment of a prescription agent obtained from a pharmacy, which is allowed by the original prescription verb Pharmacology To obtain more of a particular drug, after the initially prescribed amount of the agent has been used or parameters. Additional information on MedivoxRx can be found at www.rxtalks.com. More information on Wizzard Software can be found in the Investor's Corner www.wizzardsoftware.com. 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