Press releases

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - June 25, 2013 - AssistiveWare® and Acapela Group announced today the launch of Infovox iVox™ 3.2, which provides system-wide Text to Speech voices for Mac OS X, premiering genuine German and Australian Text to Speech children's voices, an industry first, based on recordings by real children speaking in their natural language. The companies also announced an Australian adult female voice and Swedish regional adult male and female voices for Infovox iVox.

AMSTERDAM, June 6, 2013 - Today AssistiveWare and N2Y announced the launch of, News-2-You, the first symbol-based newspaper app for iPad. The News-2-You app is a collaborative offering between AssistiveWare and N2Y bringing N2Y’s national newspaper for special education to iPad. Every US school week, students will be able connect with the world through symbol-supported news articles, puzzles, games and recipes on their iPad. N2Y publishes the standard newspaper with four levels of difficulty each week; the new News-2-You app supports the “regular edition”.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - May 22, 2013 - Today AssistiveWare® announced the launch of Pictello™ 1.7, a visual storytelling app for iOS, premiering the industry’s first-ever genuine German and Australian Text to Speech children's voices. Recordings of real children speaking in their natural language provide the foundation for the natural sounding voices. The company also announced a new Australian adult female voice in Pictello.

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – May 2, 2013 – AssistiveWare® B.V., a leading innovator in the assistive technology market, today announced Proloquo2Go® 3.0, a major new release of its award-winning Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) application for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Proloquo2Go 3.0 features switch access support to better serve people with physical disabilities, new options for voice versatility, extended ability for users to share their “words” for social networking, five new natural sounding voices and Dropbox support.

Sydney, Australia - May 2, 2013 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare® B.V. are proud to unveil that the first ever genuine, natural-sounding Australian children's voices are now available in Proloquo2Go, a text-to-speech app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad designed to provide a voice for children who cannot speak.

Amsterdam, Netherlands– April 23, 2013 - AssistiveWare® B.V., a leading innovator in the assistive technology market, announced today that its award-winning Proloquo2Go® augmentative and alternative communication application has been selected as Official Honoree in the 17th Annual Webby Awards in the Best Practices and Utilities and Services categories.

Amsterdam 29 January, 2013 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare are proud to announce that the world’s first genuine, natural-sounding children's voices Harry and Rosie are finalists for the BETT Awards 2013.

Amsterdam, November 13 2012 - AssistiveWare® today released major updates for their popular Proloquo2Go and Pictello apps for iPad, iPod touch and iPhone.

Amsterdam, November 5, 2012 - Today AssistiveWare® and Acapela Group announced the release of Infovox iVox 3.1, which brings the first four genuine, natural-sounding children’s voices to Mac OS X. In addition, the update adds three new male voices.

LONDON 19 June, 2012 - Acapela Group and AssistiveWare are proud to unveil the world’s first genuine, natural-sounding children's voices now available in Proloquo2Go, designed to provide a voice to over 74,000 children and teens in England who cannot speak for themselves.