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Apr 5

Speak it! Text to Speech – Future Apps Inc.

Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Productivity
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Speak it! Text to Speech

Future Apps Inc.



Genre: Productivity



Price: $1.99



Release Date: March 26, 2009


Introducing Speak it! 2, the most advanced text to speech solution in the App Store! Speak it has now been designed to work with iOS 4, and take advantage of all the multitasking features.

Have Speak it read your emails, favorite news articles, documents and more while you exit the app and do other things with your iPhone!

All this on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad for an unbelievable price!

*MacWorld Review (11/22/10) 4.5/5 mice!
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Future Apps presents Speak it!, the highest quality text to speech App available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and now iPad! Speak it! utilizes the same voice synthesis engine that has made our iSpeak translator apps such a great hit. The text to speech engine is so powerful, it reproduces speech which is clear and natural sounding.


Copy emails, documents, web pages, PDF files, and more; paste them into Speak it!, and have the text spoken back to you with the highest quality text to speech engine available anywhere. You can even create the same quality audio files of the text to speech which can then be emailed to anyone you like! Need an elegant way to make announcements over your PA system? Speak it! can do that too. You can easily set up a list of pre-made announcements, and play them with a press of a button. You can even use Speak it! as a fun way to prank your friends! Speak it! is your own custom soundboard, with endless phrases and possible uses.


We have also realized in the past year there has been a growing disability community using Speak it! We would like to thank those users for supporting Speak it!, and for all the incredible feedback we have received. Speak it! 2.0 has new features just for these users including landscape more, ability to change font size, and much more coming in future updates!


FEATURES:
• Easy to use interface: simply enter the text you want to say, and press the “Speak it! button
• Four high quality voices are included: American Male, American Female, British Male, British Female
• NEW! Highlights words as they are spoken
• Ability to create audio files and email them
• Save as many phrases as you would like, and easily repeat them later
• Pause and resume speech playback
• Change the volume, as well as the speed of spoken text
• Change the font size of the text field
• Speak it! Store, where you can download 20 new voices
• Designed to be used while on a phone call
• Localized for French, Italian, German, and Spanish

© Future Apps

Apr 5

Bento – FileMaker, Inc.

Posted on Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Productivity
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Bento

FileMaker, Inc.



Genre: Productivity



Price: $4.99



Release Date: May 05, 2009


Organize contacts, track projects, plan events, and manage things – all in one easy to use iPhone personal database! Bento for iPhone is one of the top iPhone apps and the most popular personal database for iPhone. Use it standalone or synchronize with Bento 4 for Mac, sold separately at http://store.filemaker.com

REVIEWS:

“How good is the iPhone version of Bento? I’d love to see it bundled with every iPhone sold.” – TUAW

"Bento for the iPhone and iPod touch is an amazing, versatile, and powerful application, making it possible for you to create databases and manage a variety of information, all from your mobile device." Awarded 4.5 Mice out of 5. – MacWorld

"Best App for Personal Databases" – Best iPhone Apps – O'Reilly

“I have everything that I need to run my practice in my pocket.” Bia Kunze, Mobile Dentist

“Bento for iPhone/iPod touch: one of my ‘must-have’ iPhone apps.” -iPod Observer

TOP USES:

Use Bento for iPhone to organize contacts, track projects, plan events and manage things – the fast, fun and easy way! Bento for iPhone helps you do all this and more:
• Organize contacts and customers
• Track projects and task lists
• Plan events and meetings
• Manage things and much more

TOP FEATURES:

• Comes with 25 ready-to-use database templates that can be easily customized for whatever you need to organize.
• Supports a variety of field types so you can store text, numbers, dates, times, durations, locations, pictures, sounds, video clips, voice memos, pop-up choices, check boxes, prices, rates, addresses, phone numbers, ratings, web sites, email addresses, instant messaging accounts, and more.
• Includes iTunes-style searching and instant sorting to help you find things fast.
• Integrates with other iPhone apps so you can simply tap on a Bento field to call a contact, view a web site, send an email or display a map.
• Use as a standalone app or synchronize with Bento 4 for Mac, sold separately at http://store.filemaker.com

25 BUILT-IN TEMPLATES ORGANIZE ALL THIS AND MORE:

Classes, Contacts, Customers, Diet Log, Digital Media, Donations, Equipment, Events, Event Planning, Exercise Log, Expenses, Files, Home Inventory, Inventory, Issue Tracking, Items Sold, Membership List, Notes, Products, Projects, Recipes, Student List, To-do List, Time Billing, and Vehicle Maintenance.

NOTES:

• Synchronization with Bento 2.0.5 for Mac or later desktop software requires a Wi-Fi wireless connection.
• Some field types require Bento 2.0.5 for Mac or later desktop software.
• Events from iCal are not accessible in Bento for iPhone.
• Bento for iPhone may not support large databases created in Bento for Mac due to mobile device memory limitations. Please see details at: http://www.filemaker.com/bikb.
• Bento for iPhone is available in English as well as, localized versions that run in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese.

• Please note: Bento is also available for the iPad. Search on “Bento” to learn more.

If you have any questions, please post a message in the lively Bento forum for quick answers, tips, and tricks at: http://forums.filemaker.com

© 2011 FileMaker Inc.