AT&T continuously invests in innovative speech technologies so that businesses worldwide can optimize interactions and achieve a better Return on Communications in terms of reach and efficiency. Examples of applications and services being optimized by AT&T Natural Voices TTS Engine today include an e-mail reader that provides e-mail access over the phone; a real-time notification and alerting service; a system that converts ASCII text messages into wav files for broadcast over local area networks; text readers that provide greater accessibility to any content on an individual s computer; a voice-enabled directory search engine; and a VoiceXML development gateway.

Voices is an expansion pack including over 1500 royalty-free vocal loops and vocal instruments performed by professional singers and rappers.

BLITZKRIEG - Unleashing the Nightmare: During the early months of World War Two, the world was introduced to a new and terrifying military concept - the tactic of Blitzkrieg. Country after country fell as a result of this new lightning war, until the seemingly unstoppable armies of the Third Reich stood on the coastline of Northern France.

THE LUFTWAFFE - Messengers of Death: The Luftwaffe was at the cutting edge of Blitzkrieg and it was instrumental in bringing the war to the great cities of Europe, most notably during the Blitz on London during 1940. As the war progressed, however, the pilots were forced to fly more in defence of their country, often in inferior and outdated aircraft..

THE WAFFEN SS - The Alibi for History: The Waffen SS - the SS army - was not always looked upon favorably by the German army. With some 900,000 non-Germans in its ranks, it was the performance of crack divisions such as the SS Panzer Leibstandarte and the Hitler Jugund that persuaded the Fuhrer to use them as an elite force.

U-BOATS - Iron Coffins: Britain finally won the war against the deadly German U-Boats that lurked in the freezing waters of the Atlantic ocean. But what was life really like in the cramped and claustrophobic conditions aboard the vessels that became known as Iron Coffins?

RUSSIA - The Unholy War: The Russian Front saw some of the most bitter and bloody fighting of World War Two. Places such as Stalingrad and Leningrad are now synonymous with the human suffering of that terrible conflict, which threw the people and armies of Russia against the invading German forces in the teeth of a savage winter.

DEFENDING BERLIN - The Last Battles: In April 1945, the Red Army stood at the gates of Berlin; inside the shattered city, only the pathetic remnants of the Home Guard, the Hitler youth and the SS Wehrmacht stood against them. Berlin and its population lay at the mercy of the Russians, who exacted a terrible revenge

A 911 operator receives a ghostly call from a child murdered thirty years before and becomes obsessed with unraveling the crime. What she discovers shatters her.

Wealthy businessman Giorgio Mainardi has died of a stomach hemorrage, but his ghost is not so sure that it was a random misfortune and wants to know the truth. Unfortunately, almost everyone around him is happy to see him gone. Everyone, that is, except for his daughter Rosy, who still feels affection for her father even though they have drifted apart. With her medical student boyfriend, Johnathan, Rosy will try to get to the bottom of her father s death.