Today, Assistiveware released Infovox iVox version 1.2. Version 1.2 is a free upgrade for existing users that adds a pronunciation editor that allows users to add abbreviations or change the pronunciation of words. It also introduces a number of new voices and languages: Eliska and Sabrine for Czech, Ania for Polish, Snorri for Icelandic, Sanna for Finnish, Elin for Swedish, and Baris and Ceren for Turkish. The Czech, Polish, Icelandic and Turkish voices require Mac OS X 10.5. The other voices require 10.3.9 or later.

Infovox iVox integrates with Mac OS X’s speech service, and works well with VoiceOver and other products that utilize text-to-speech technology on the Mac platform. For more information on this upgrade, you can read the press release.