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Greetings from
the DeskShare team.
Text Speaker turns text on your screen into spoken words! You can
listen to your documents at your PC, or turn them into MP3 files to hear on any
portable audio player. We are proud to announce the release of Text Speaker version 3.0.
It now supports 5 languages.
The new Speak It Now feature lets you highlight text in any application and
hear it by pressing a single hotkey. Read on for more details about the
new, improved Text Speaker.
Video Desk is DeskShare's video and audio hosting service. Uploading
video, converting it into the correct format, and creating the necessary HTML
code are all controlled with a single click. We have added text-to-speech
capabilities to Video Desk. Just upload a text document, and Video Desk
automatically converts it into audio. Create a spoken introduction to your site or a tutorial!
We have also improved many other areas of Video Desk, including better playlist support, new animated audio buttons and much more.
We have recently introduced a new support and upgrade option. Our
new Priority Support plan includes much more than our standard email and support forums.
Purchase a Priority Support contract to get telephone support, priority access to our
engineers and free updates for every DeskShare product you own for the life of
your contract.
We have made many improvements to
Email Responder and
Digital Media Converter
Pro. We have also added support for more cameras to
WebCam Monitor.
Download the latest version today.
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Text Speaker
Version 3.0 Released
Text Speaker makes text-to-speech easy to use and affordable. We've
added to its unbeatable combination of features:
- Multi-Language Interface: The entire Text Speaker
interface can now be displayed in English, French, German, Portuguese, or
Spanish. When you switch interface languages, all menus, button
labels, and messages are displayed in your selected language. With the
purchase of additional Professional Voices, Text Speaker can read aloud in
any of these languages.
- Speak it now hotkey: Select text in any program,
press Ctrl+Alt+S, and Text Speaker will read the words aloud in a clear,
human-sounding voice.
- PDF Support: Text Speaker can now open and save
PDF files, along with Microsoft Word (DOC and DOCX), Rich Text (RTF) and
Text (TXT) format documents. No other software is required—you don't
need either Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word to work with these files.
Give your computer a voice!
Download a free evaluation version of Text
Speaker today.
Priority Support: The Fast Track To DeskShare Assistance
Time is money. For critical tasks, when you need help you need it
quickly. DeskShare Priority Support gives you the quick answers you want.
For a single annual fee of $89, you receive Priority Support for every
DeskShare product that you own. The benefits include:
- Free Upgrades: For the life of your contract, all
upgrades for all DeskShare products are free of charge.
- Guaranteed Response Time: We guarantee that a
technician will call back within 2 hours if you call between 10:00 and 6:00,
Monday through Friday (US Eastern Time). Calls at other times will be
responded to within the first 2 hours of the next business day.
- Priority Response: Requests from Priority Support
subscribers will be answered before any questions from non-subscribers.
- New Version Notification: Priority Support
customers will be notified of all new software releases.
Priority Support gives you confidence, because you know that DeskShare's
skilled support team is standing behind you.
Sign up for Priority
Support today.
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Video
Desk Adds Text-To-Speech, Improved Audio Support Spoken audio makes your
web site more compelling and your message more powerful. Using text-to-speech
technology you can add audio narration to your web page effortlessly. Just
upload a document and Video Desk will automatically convert it into an audio
file in a male or female voice. You can add the spoken audio to your site
in seconds. Spoken audio can be anything from a sales talk on your web
page to verbal instructions on how to perform a task.
We have greatly upgraded the appearance and the performance of our audio
buttons. The new interactive buttons are more attractive and give users
finer control of audio playback. Try one out: visit
www.videodesk.net and
click the audio button in the top right-hand corner.
We have also streamlined and improved the process of sending your video and
audio by email. Share your videos with your
friends, family, and business associates, without tying up your mail server or
filling their mailboxes with big attachments.
Our team has worked hard to improve Video Desk, both the appearance and the
way it works. Register for a
free trial account and I know you'll be
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Product
of the Month
Surveillance in A Box
Feel secure in minutes with Surveillance in a Box. For
only $269.90, you get both the industry-leading WebCam Monitor surveillance
software, and a TRENDnet TV-IP400W, a color IP camera with remote pan and tilt
capabilities. It's an unbeatable value. Using WebCam Monitor's
wizard-based configuration, you can install the camera and set up alerts
including a sound alarm, video recording, and email notifications in minutes. The TV-IP400W can
use either a wired or WiFi LAN, and produces sharp color images. Buy both
together and save $100 off the list price!
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Reducing Video File Sizes
Size does matter. These three words ring especially true for video
files. Video files are among the largest files there are on a PC. They fill up
your hard disk, slow down your PC, get too big to copy to other computers. They
can also be almost impossible to distribute over the Internet. Though the
Internet bandwidth available is always increasing, and storage devices like
large hard drives and DVDs become less expensive every year, a typical video
continues to take up 'too much space'.
Today, there are a lots of video formats available. This article discusses
three popular file formats, and some ways in which you can significantly reduce
file sizes.
Want to read more?
Click
here.
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