From macspeech-announce at lists.macspeech.com  Wed Sep 20 05:11:54 2006
From: macspeech-announce at lists.macspeech.com (macspeech-announce at lists.macspeech.com)
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:11:54 -0500
Subject: [MacSpeech-Announce] September Newsletter from MacSpeech
Message-ID: <DF2418F6-375A-48D2-B429-B8EBB4010A78@macspeech.com>

Greetings!

Please see the end of this message for unsubscribe information.

Our last email to the Announce List was on August 8th where we  
reminded you about iListen 1.7, announced a new update bundle, and  
talked about some upcoming events. Since then, a lot has happened!  
Let's take a look:


iLISTEN FREE UPGRADE OFFER EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
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In our last newsletter we said the free upgrade offer would expire in  
early September. Due to its overwhelming popularity we have extended  
the free upgrade offer through September 30, 2006 - but that is  
absolutely the last day those who are entitled to a free upgrade can  
get it. After that, you will have to pay $39.95 just like everyone else.

If you haven't upgraded yet, now is the time! And if you purchased  
iListen on or after April 1, 2006 REMEMBER! - you are entitled to a  
free upgrade. If this applies to you, please email  
<questions at macspeech.com> to find out how to get your free upgrade.

We are also offering a special bundle of the update with our popular  
"Watch and Learn" video training and a Plantronics DSP 200 USB Stereo  
Headset microphone, regularly priced at $138.90, for a limited time  
you can purchase this bundle for only $99.00! For more details see  
the following page on our web site:

http://www.macspeech.com/product_info.php?products_id=437

This offer also expires on September 30, 2006!


TRANSCRIPTIONPAK RELEASED
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We released our TranscriptionPak for iListen 1.7 in August. This is  
normally a $75 add-on to iListen 1.7, but is on sale for the  
Introductory price of only $37.50 (that's half price!) until  
September 30th. The TranscriptionPak allows you to take speech  
recorded on an audio file and have iListen transcribe it as though  
you were speaking live. Keep in mind, the TranscriptionPak is only  
for users of version 1.7, and is NOT intended for use with recordings  
of interviews, speeches, or lectures. There still needs to be a voice  
profile that matches the voice on the recording, and there can only  
be one voice on the recording. You can read more about how  
transcription using iListen works in the following article in our  
online Knowledgebase:

What Are the Limitations for Transcription of Recorded Files?
http://macspeech.crmhelp.net/index.php? 
_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&_i=2&nav2=Using%20iListen

If you are interested in the TranscriptionPak, REMEMBER - 1.7 is  
required and the Introductory Offer expires on September 30, 2006.


GARAGEBAND 3 SCRIPTPAK RELEASED
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We released our ScriptPak for GarageBand 3 last week. It has over 100  
commands and is our first ScriptPak to use the new Parameterized  
variable feature of iLIsten 1.7. This means that if you are using  
iListen 1.7 and have the GarageBand 3 ScriptPak installed you can say  
things like "Move forward <x> measures," where <x> is a number  
between 1 and 99. This is an   important new feature because in  
previous GarageBand ScriptPaks you could only move 1 measure at a  
time (which meant in order to move forward 15 measures, you would  
have to say "move forward one measure" 15 times!). The ScriptPak for  
GarageBand 3 sells for $15 and is available now from our online store.


iLIFE 06 SCRIPTPAK COMING SOON
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GarageBand 3 was the last ScriptPak we needed to finish for the iLife  
06 bundle. So it follows that we will be coming out with the iLife 06  
ScriptPak bundle in the near future. Like the ScriptPak for iLife 05,  
it will sell for $29, which is quite a deal considering you get  
ScriptPaks for all five iLife applications (GarageBand, iDVD, iMovie,  
iPhoto, and iWeb). Purchased separately, those would run you $75.  
(Yes, we are working on a new ScriptPak for iTunes 7.)

Many people ask us why we don't have upgrade pricing on ScriptPaks.  
This is because each version is created from the ground up It would  
take us as long to determine what changes have been made between  
versions as it does to just create a new ScriptPak. This also  
explains why some take longer than others to release (although in the  
case of GarageBand, we knew 1.7 would be coming out so we waited for  
that so we could put in the new "Move forward <x> measures" feature).


NEW MACSPEECH EVANGELISTAS MAILING LIST
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Are you a fan of iListen and MacSpeech? Are you more than a fan, a  
bit of a fanatic maybe? Than you are a MacSpeech Evangelista and we  
have a new mailing list just for you. MacSpeech-Evangelistas is for  
anyone who is a power user of iListen or a MacSpeech fan. It is a non- 
moderated, interactive list where you can share cool and innovative  
things you have done with iListen, or where you can ask other  
Evangelistas how they solved a difficult problem. It is not a support  
list, however (we have MacSpeech-Support for that!).

If you would like to join the MacSpeech-Evangelistas mailing list,  
point your browser to <http://lists.macspeech.com/mailman/listinfo/ 
macspeech-evangelistas> and sign up!


UPCOMING ROAD SHOWS
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We're on the road again, and busier than ever. Here is where we will  
be and when in the near future:

September 20: Apple Retail Store, Saddle Creek Shopping Center,  
Germantown, TN
September 22: Apple Retail Store, West Town Mall, Knoxville, TN

October 05: Apple Retail Store, Stoneridge Mall, Pleasanton, CA
October 06: Apple Retail Store, Market St., San Francsico, CA
October 07: North Coast Mac Users Group Vendor Fair, Santa Rosa, CA
October 13: Apple Retail Store, Valley Fair Mall, San Jose, CA

October 16: Apple Retail Store, La Encantada, Tuscon, AZ
October 19: Arizona Macintosh User Group, Tempe, AZ

Also, check out our new web site home page (coming soon) for more dates!

Would you like MacSpeech to come to an Apple Store or user group in  
your area? We can't promise anything, but it never hurts to ask!, and  
the more requests we get for a particular area. the more likely it is  
we will put it on our schedule. To request an iListen presentation in  
your area, send a note to <chuck.rogers at macspeech.com> and don't  
forget to tell us where the presentation would be (local Apple store  
location, name of user group, etc.)


Best Regards,

Chuck Rogers, Chief Evangelist
MacSpeech, Inc.


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