Press kit

Everything you need to write about RedZoc. The text, logos and screenshots on this page may be used in articles and listings about RedZoc and its apps.

About RedZoc

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RedZoc makes apps that speak.

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RedZoc makes apps that speak: tools that help blind and low-vision people, and anyone who prefers to listen, read and get around. Every app is built for screen readers from day one.

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RedZoc makes apps that speak: voice and accessibility apps for blind and low-vision people, made for India and used worldwide. Its eSpeak NG Text-to-Speech app for Android has over 100,000 installs and gives phones a voice in over 100 languages, including 17 from India and South Asia. Try eSpeak NG brings the same voices to any web browser. Coach Mitra, coming soon, helps blind and low-vision train passengers in India find their coach. RedZoc is made by Ramees Muhammed in Kochi, Kerala, who contributes fixes for Indian languages back to the open-source eSpeak NG project.

The apps

eSpeak NG Text-to-Speech

A text-to-speech engine for Android in over 100 languages, including Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Bengali and most Indian languages. Use it as your phone's voice for TalkBack and other screen readers, or open its Reader to listen to any article or text. Over 100,000 installs.

An independent Android build of eSpeak NG, made and maintained by RedZoc. Not the official eSpeak NG project; RedZoc contributes fixes back to it.

eSpeak NG on Google Play · More about eSpeak NG

Try eSpeak NG

Text to speech in your browser, in over 100 languages.

Try eSpeak NG

Coach Mitra (coming soon)

Helps blind and low-vision train passengers in India find their coach. Point your phone at the arriving train, and Coach Mitra reads the coach codes aloud (S5, B2, A1) and vibrates when it finds yours.

About the founder

Ramees Muhammed is a software architect in Kochi, Kerala, with 12 years of experience in backend, cloud and AI systems. He founded RedZoc to make apps that speak. He uses a screen reader every day and tests every release with TalkBack, and he contributes fixes for Indian languages, including Sinhala, Bengali, Assamese and Konkani, to the open-source eSpeak NG project.

Logos

Each logo comes as SVG (scales to any size) and as PNG (1,600 pixels on the long side, transparent background). Download all logos (ZIP, 0.8 MB)

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  Horizontal, for light backgrounds

  The ribbon Z with the name RedZoc in crimson.

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  Horizontal, for dark backgrounds

  The ribbon Z with the name RedZoc in white.

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  Horizontal with tagline, for light backgrounds

  RedZoc, a thin crimson rule, and "Apps that speak." in grey.

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  Horizontal with tagline, for dark backgrounds

  RedZoc in white, a thin crimson rule, and "Apps that speak." in light grey.

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  Vertical with tagline, for light backgrounds

  The Z above RedZoc, framed by thin crimson rules, then "Apps that speak.".

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  Vertical with tagline, for dark backgrounds

  The same layout with white name and light grey tagline.

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  Vertical, for light backgrounds

  The Z above RedZoc, without the tagline.

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  Vertical, for dark backgrounds

  The Z above RedZoc in white, without the tagline.

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  Symbol

  The crimson ribbon Z on its own, for app icons and small spaces.

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  Symbol, white

  A flat white Z, for dark or photo backgrounds where colour does not work.

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Using the logo

• Use the crimson versions on light backgrounds and the dark-background versions on dark ones.
• Do not change the colours, stretch, rotate, outline or add effects to the logo.
• Leave clear space around the logo of at least a quarter of the symbol's height.
• Write the name as RedZoc: one word, with a capital R and a capital Z.

Colours and fonts

• Crimson #EA033B: the brand colour
• Deep crimson #DA0337: shading in the symbol
• Bright crimson #FD0340: shading in the symbol, and the thin rules
• Grey #666666: the tagline

Raleway is used for the name (Medium), the tagline (Regular) and headings. Atkinson Hyperlegible, designed for readers with low vision, is used for body text. Both are open-source fonts (SIL Open Font License).

Screenshots

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  eSpeak NG app, home screen. Download eSpeak NG home screen (JPG)

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  eSpeak NG app, settings. Download eSpeak NG settings screen (JPG)

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  Try eSpeak NG in the browser, Malayalam page. Download Try eSpeak NG screenshot (PNG)

Press contact

For interviews, questions or anything not on this page, email info@redzoc.com.