IVONA Text to Speech Launches "IVONA for Developers", a One-Stop Portal for Integrating Voice Into Mobile Applications

IVONA Text to Speech Launches "IVONA for Developers", a One-Stop Portal for Integrating Voice Into Mobile Applications

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    - IVONA Voices are Available via Cloud Service for any Connected
Device on any Platform, as Well as On-Device SDK Integration for Android,
Windows 7 and Linux

    IVONA Text to Speech, an award winning developer and provider
of high quality text-to-speech technology, today unveiled IVONA for
Developers, a new free online resource for mobile applications developers
seeking to integrate top quality voices into text-to-speech (TTS) services.
The new portal, available at http://www.ivona.com/developer, offers
everything developers need to incorporate TTS functionality into mobile
application, including access to the IVONA Speech Cloud Service and Software
Development Kits (SDK) for Android, Windows Phone 7 and Linux, with iOS, QNX
and RIM/BlackBerry planned for introduction.

    "We introduced IVONA Speech Cloud Service in 2010 and
surpassed 50 million hits our first year. IVONA has focused on helping mobile
application developers integrate the most lifelike TTS voices on the market
to increase the attractiveness and usability of their applications," said
Lukasz Osowski, IVONA CEO. "With the launch of the free 'IVONA for
Developers' portal, all developers will now have a single, authoritative
source for the information and tools to help them determine the best route
for integrating TTS and for incorporating IVONA voices in the most practical
way possible. We invite developers across all platforms to utilize this free
resource and differentiate their products using the industry's most lifelike
and intelligible TTS voices."

    The IVONA for Developers portal also provides up-to-date
tutorials and tips to help developers make the correct choices for all their
projects: "It took us one day to implement IVONA Speech Cloud Services for
our automotive solution, based on the MeeGo In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI)
platform. Now drivers can listen to necessary information in a convenient and
safe way," said Marek Wodzislawski, Ericpol-Telecom.

    The IVONA for Developers portal offers mobile application
developers two paths to efficiently integrate TTS functionality: developers
can tap directly into IVONA's Speech Cloud Service which is platform
independent and can be used on any connected device, or developers who want
to embed voices directly into applications can download a Software
Development Kit (SDK) for today's most popular platforms.

    IVONA Text To Speech will be exhibiting at Mobile World
Congress, February 14-17, at Booth #2A11.

    About IVONA(R) Text To Speech

    IVONA is widely recognized and awarded as the highest-quality,
most natural-sounding TTS system in the world. IVONA develops technology
which can be used to voice content for individuals and businesses in
applications ranging from corporate websites, to telecommunications, to
Speech Cloud services which enable companies to implement custom voice
applications. IVONA TTS technology can be delivered via Speech Cloud, as an
"on premise" solution, or embedded into personal devices. In support of its
long-standing commitment to accessibility, the Company works closely with
leading global organizations supporting the blind and visually impaired,
including the Royal National Institute for Blind and the DAISY Consortium.

    http://www.ivona.com

Source: IVONA Software

For more information please contact: Michal Rybak, IVONA Text To Speech, e-mail: ivona@ivona.com, phone: +1-678-367-6206, +48-6932-12122.