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Last Updated: July 19, 2006

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New this week: MT1 from MagneticTime now speaks txt – gr8 new feature takes d hass out of emails and Docs - u'll luv it!

MT1 software from MagneticTime (www.magnetictime.com) which lets you listen to email and Word documents on the move in mp3 – on iPod, Pocket PC, or Mobile Phone, has now been enhanced to include “text speak”, along with an updated grammar engine and a dynamic ever improving dictionary. 

“Text message style abbreviations have become a normal part of all our daily lives including our emails and documents. MT1 now converts and speaks these abbreviations as well, as if they were regular words,” says Shane McAllister – MagneticTimes’ Business Development Manager.

Three versions of MT1 are currently available for download: MT-iPodTM, MT-PhoneTM and  MT-PortableTM. Each comes with a desktop player that allows emails and Word documents to be played on a PC or laptop

MT1 works with Windows 2000 and XP, and various versions of MS Word, Outlook and Outlook Express. Documents and emails are stored on the mobile device and PC in libraries the same way as songs.  “Anything you can do with an mp3 ‘song’ you can now do with your personal  information - play it, copy it, archive it etc,” says McAllister

In addition to producing email and Word documents as mp3s, MT1 acts “intelligently” – in the role of personal assistant - to organise information and make decisions. Its user definable rules engine provides a powerful tool to select and filter data - much like ‘anti-spam’ software does.

MT1’s MP3 files typically use four-five times less “space” than the average MP3 song and MT1 can be set to automatically select and load emails on a regular (e.g. daily) basis. The output “voice” is a quality “new millennium natural voice” that “speaks” clearly and not too hurriedly. Users can set MT1 to send emails and Word documents - all or selected ones - to the receiving devices.  iPod users can use the auto-sync function of iTunes to download emails and Word documents and to listen to their work in iTunes itself.

McAllister sees MT1 being used as a day-to-day personal and business tool, allowing users to catch up with key work while commuting to or from work, for example, or listening to messages from friends or relatives. In addition, he has seen increasing interest for the application’s use in training, corporation communications and education.

“We are in talks with several international universities who are looking at the iPod as a means of communicating course information and content – such as recordings of lectures - to students,” says McAllister  “The MT1 series takes that approach a step further by allowing any complimentary course content in Word to also be converted to voice.”

Says Richard O’Donnell, MagneticTime CEO: “We are consistently looking to expand on the success of our unique products and we will be shortly releasing two exciting new products – MT Podcast, which removes the need for the human voice in Podcasting, and MT RSS, which reads aloud your news feeds and lets you take them with you on your mp3 player.” Both these products look set to capitalise on the proven success of MT1.

MT1 is currently available at www.magnetictime.com priced £22.99 (€33.99, US$39.99), MT1 is currently available in English with new languages like French, Spanish and German to follow, and will soon also be available for Apple OS X.

Further information from:
email: info@magnetictime.com