STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, WESTBOROUGH, MA and PEABODY, MA (October 10, 2003) - Envox Worldwide, a leading global provider of voice-enhanced communications solutions, and ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), the leading supplier of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that they were expanding their partnership to include technology licensing, market and customer development activities and professional services. This partnership unites Envox's market-leading open, standards-based communications development platform with the SpeechWorksr Suite of Network Speech Solutions from ScanSoft in an integrated solution that reduces the time, cost and complexity of developing and deploying speech solutions.

Envox 5 customers will now have access to the SpeechWorks Suite of Network Speech Solutions, including standards-based OpenSpeech RecognizerT and SpeechPearlr XML speech recognition software, along with the RealSpeakT and Speechifyr text-to-speech (TTS) engines, through the Envox Global Partners Network. As a result, customers will now be able to utilize ScanSoft's industry-leading speech technologies, optimized for the VoiceXML 2.0 standard, with the broadest language support available.

As a first step, the partnership will create an integrated product bundle designed for solution providers, system integrators, service providers and in-house development teams looking to accelerate the development and deployment of their speech solutions. This bundle will feature Envox 5.1 development and run-time licenses and standards-based speech technologies from ScanSoft, along with Intel Dialogic JCT telephony resources and their SR2300 Communications Server. It includes all the training and support needed to get these speech solutions up and running quickly.

Envox and ScanSoft already power customer service solutions around the world, including:

· Microsoft's Asia Pacific Operations Center (APOC) has introduced a speech application for WindowsXP license key activation using the Envox Communications Development Platform and OpenSpeech Recognizer software. This application has become a vital customer service feature in Microsoft's overall Corporate Licensing Agreement program.
· Using SpeechExpress, which was developed with the Envox platform and SpeechPearl XML, VoltDelta has delivered an automated directory assistance solution to KPN, the largest telecommunications company in the Netherlands.
· Adeptra's revolutionary 2-way alerting solutions that allow credit card issuers to identify and respond to fraud faster are deployed on the Envox platform and utilize Speechify text-to-speech.
· Telequent has deployed speech-enabled CRM solutions on the Envox platform with SpeechPearl XML and RealSpeak.

"This is a key relationship for Envox. ScanSoft's speech technologies, broad language coverage and commitment to standards map closely with our strategic focus and ability to deliver quality speech solutions that deliver significant price and performance benefits," said Henrik Thome, CEO of Envox Worldwide. "We're also working together to explore ways to leverage our professional services capabilities in high growth areas like automated directory assistance and alerts and notifications."

"We're delighted to be expanding our relationship with Envox Worldwide," said Steve Chambers, senior vice president and general manager of Network Speech Solutions at ScanSoft. "This partnership illustrates our commitment to delivering our high performance, standards-optimized speech solutions globally, on field-proven communications development platforms such as Envox 5."

About the Envox 5 Communications Development Platform

Envox 5 is an open, standards-based platform for creating, deploying and managing the voice-enhanced communications solutions that enterprise customers and service providers require today, including interactive voice response, enhanced self-service, automated directory assistance, alerts & notifications, mobile Internet, voice portals, voice-enabled CRM and unified communications, among others. It is a true multi-modal communications development platform that greatly reduces the complexity inherent in creating and managing Voice Solutions and integrating them into diverse telephony, data, web services and back office environments.

The Envox 5 value proposition is built around the ability to leverage existing investments in hardware, software and solution development, while providing a smooth migration path to the emerging standards and enabling technologies that will be required in the future.

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