China Daily Information Company announced today the launching of the "Accoona Talking Search Bar" for educational purposes (www.accoona.cn ).

The Talking Search Bar is text-to-speech technology that allows users to highlight text and initiate an English-language text reading. This feature is especially effective in enhancing English as a second language throughout China and will help Chinese students to learn "spoken English" faster and more accurately.

The Accoona Talking Search Bar provides a human-quality, natural voice, combining the power of Accoona's Artificial Intelligence search technology with an easy-to-use "text-to-speech" feature. The Talking Search Bar delivers users an improved Web experience.

"The availability of the Talking Search Bar will enable users to have a richer experience on the Web and will help with the understanding and pronunciation of the English language," said Zhang Ping, CEO of The China Daily Information Company.

Accoona is a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence to Web search and has been providing search capabilities to China since December 2004.

Accoona has a twenty year exclusive partnership with China Daily Information Company, the largest English language web and media destination in China. Already one of the most frequently used search engines in China, Accoona has licensed its English search engine to Sina, China's leading online publisher and to Sohu, China's largest portal. Accoona expects to attract more than 10 million users monthly to its Chinese search engine.

"We are proud to partner with the China Daily Information Company to provide the most advanced Internet search capabilities to China," said Stuart Kauder, CEO, Accoona Corp. "Currently Accoona.cn has more than 10 million users each month. With the availability of the Talking Search Bar we expect the number of users to increase to 30 million per month."

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