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Wizzard Software Gains Altitude as R.C Simulations Adds AT&T Natural Voices TTS to Microsoft Flight Simulator Game.


PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB OTCBB

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:WIZD) announced today that R.C Simulations has chosen the desktop version of AT&T Natural Voices for VoxATC, an interactive air traffic control speech add-on created for the award-winning Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows, marketed and often seen as a video game.

One of the longest-running, best-known and most comprehensive home flight simulator series, Microsoft Flight Simulator
 2004. R.C Simulations specializes in simulation software Simulation software is based on the process of imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas. It is, essentially, a program that allows the user to observe an operation through simulation without actually running the program.  and other simulation products. They are based out of the United Kingdom.

Microsoft Flight Simulator: A Century of Flight takes players through aviation history by allowing them to pilot some of the world's most famous aircrafts around the world. Realistic scenery, visual effects and weather conditions add to the experience. VoxATC is an add-on feature for the Microsoft Flight Simulator for PCs. Using AT&T's Natural Voices speech engine, VoxATC adds a clear, natural-sounding voice to air traffic control (ATC ATC Air Traffic Control
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) features, allowing players to hear traffic reports in airports all around the world, altitude changes en route, pop-up IFR IFR
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 clearances, and precision and non-precision approaches to multiple runways. These enhanced features provide flight simulator flight simulator, device providing a controlled environment in which a flight trainee can experience conditions approximating those of actual flight. A simulator generally consists of an enclosure housing a working replica of the interior of the cockpit of an  enthusiasts and pilots wishing to practice real time procedures with a more realistic air traffic control experience, allowing them to feel a true sense of involvement with the simulated world of flying.

"Vox ATC is a revolutionary product that becomes even better thanks to AT&T Natural Voices TTS (1) See text-to-speech.

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 technology and Wizzard Software," said Bob Sidwick, owner of R.C Simulations.

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 a recent study conducted by Frost & Sullivan, the simulator market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 3.5 percent between now and 2008, accounting for $4.78 billion in revenues. Computer games are also a huge global market, with PC game sales in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  reaching $771 million in 2004, according to a report from Price Waterhouse Cooper. Further, global PC games sales reached $1.1 billion in 2004. According to the NPD Group The NPD Group, Inc. is a leading global market research company[1] founded in 1967 and provides consumer and retail information to manufacturers and retailers. Using actual sales data from retailers and distributors as well as consumer-reported purchasing behavior, NPD , total software sales set new records last year, with sales exceeding $6.2 billion, an increase of 8 percent in overall sales.

Flight simulator use goes beyond gaming. An extensive Navy study on the training value of flight simulators found that students who use micro-simulation products during early flight training tend to have higher scores than students who do not use the software, reporting that 54 percent more of these students received above-average flight scores.

"R.C Simulations is taking flight simulators to the next level by adding natural sounding text-to-speech capabilities, and we are happy to assist them with that," said Danielle Lewis, Marketing Director for Wizzard Software. "We believe realistic sounding text-to-speech is a necessary component for adding realism to gaming and training environments."

About R.C Simulations:

To learn more about R.C Simulations, please visit them at www.rcsimulations.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. Established in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator 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 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 on the Investor's Page at www.wizzardsoftware.com.

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