Turin, ITALY - April 28th, 2008

Loquendo, global speech technology provider, announces that the multi-award winning Loquendo TTS is now available for developers of multimedia applications on Apple Inc's Mac OS X operating system (versions 10.4 and later).

Loquendo TTS is truly natural sounding synthetic speech in a rapidly growing family of languages and voices, for reading all kinds of dynamic data and prompts in any kind of voice application. Its multi-threaded, multi-process configuration supports deployment in any high performance software architecture, fully meeting the technological requirements of any business.

Loquendo TTS uses high performing algorithms which guarantee an extremely rapid response, allowing the synthesis of different languages and voices simultaneously, switching between them at any time and on any channel. These features make Loquendo TTS suitable for use in telephony, multimedia or embedded devices.

For Mac OS X, Loquendo TTS supports: Windows Latin ASCII encoding; the XCode 2.1 and higher developer tools; C, C++ and Objective C development languages.

About Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
With over 30 years experience in speech technology, Loquendo is at the forefront of the global speech market. Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR, Loquendo Embedded Technologies, and Loquendo Speaker Identification and Verification are high-quality, high-performance technologies that guarantee systems integrators the best solutions in 23 languages with 56 voices. Loquendo voice technologies are also available on the Loquendo MRCP Server and on VoiceXML and CCXML platforms.

Loquendo is the only speech technology vendor that provides a complete product line for navigation and handheld devices, desktop PCs and telephony servers, guaranteeing the same portfolio of languages and the same core engine in all these environments.

Many enterprises and carriers worldwide have recognized the Loquendo difference, advanced technologies that power millions of calls every day in telecommunications and enterprise markets across the globe.

Loquendo is a Telecom Italia company headquartered in Turin, Italy, with offices in the US, Spain, Germany and France, and a worldwide network of partners.

For more information about Loquendo, and to hear demos of all the Loquendo voices, go to www.loquendo.com.