CP 6 Neospeech and Loquendo Speech agents

Hi All,
I recently updated to CP 6.0.
Can anyone point me in the right direction to find the updated text to speech agents for NeoSpeech and Loquendo that work with CP 6?
I currently have 5.5 installed.
I've looked everywhere but I can't find it.
Many thanks,
Aimee

Hi Aimee,
Captivate 6 does not have Loquendo Voices. It has Neo Speech, you can download the voices from here --
Windows 32-bit: http://www.adobe.com/go/captivate6_voices_installer
Windows 64-bit: http://www.adobe.com/go/captivate_voices_installer_win64
Mac: http://www.adobe.com/go/captivate_voices_installer_mac
Thanks,
Anjaneai

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