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MedivoxRx Technologies to Exhibit Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy & Technology Conference in San Diego

Posted on: Thursday, 24 August 2006, 09:00 CDT

Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that its subsidiary, MedivoxRx Technologies, will be exhibiting the state-of-the-art Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores Pharmacy and Technology Conference to be held August 25-30th in San Diego, California. Attendees include major retailers such as Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, as well as Costco, Safeway, Weis, A&P, Sears Holding Corp., and many others.

As a part of the 5-day conference, one day is set aside for the "Meet the Rx Market", which is designed for exhibitors to conduct strategic one-on-one business meetings with key executives. Significantly, over 20 of the industry's retailers including CVS, Wal-Mart, H-E-B, Snyders Drug Stores, as well as Costco, SUPERVALU Group, Safeway, and Publix Supermarkets have requested and confirmed appointments with MedivoxRx.

As an Associate Member of NACDS, MedivoxRx will be amongst other top-tier pharmacy suppliers of products and services to the chain drug industry. Sponsors include: Genpharm, Merck, GlaxsoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Shering-Plough, Novartis, and AmerisourceBergen.

The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) represents the nation's leading retail outlets including chain drug pharmacies, supermarkets, mass merchant & club, e-commerce and international channels. NACDS members operate more than 63,000 pharmacies and fill more than 2.1 billion prescriptions yearly, with annual sales of over $169 billion.

The Conference focuses on providing extensive exposure for the nation's leading vendors of technology, and innovative goods and services with over 500 key decision-makers and senior trading partners.

Located in booth 648, MedivoxRx will be showcasing its fully automated text-to-speech technology (TTS) Pharmacy Software and Rex-The Talking Prescription Bottle's audio capabilities. This will assist pharmacists in meeting increasing compliance standards by providing their patients with an inexpensive medication management solution.

MedivoxRx invites the public to view a human interest news story, detailing how Rex is helping California's blind. The new story has been widely distributed throughout the United States television market appearing in over 40 cities. The footage can be viewed at the following URL: http://www.nbc11.com/health/9616842/detail.html.

"This is an annual event that attracts the Industry's largest gathering of retail pharmacy executives from diverse global companies," said Gene Franz, General Manager, Solutions and Channels for MedivoxRx. "It will be a very comprehensive five days of meetings and major exposure to a targeted international audience."

For a complete list of the retailers attending the conference, please visit: http://www.eventient.com/pharmacy_2006/asp/alpha.asp?id=2K1Retail

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S. retail prescription sales totaled $170 billion in 2005, with California's total sales the highest at $14.1 billion. This number does not include mail order retail prescriptions, which accounted for $43.9 billion or 19.1% of total prescriptions filled in 2005, according to industry statistics reported by The National Association of Chain Drug Stores. Further, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that Americans age 65 and older have an average of 26.5 prescriptions filled annually.

About Wizzard Software:

Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via computer or telephone. Wizzard's successes have led to expanding speech technology opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors including several healthcare industry products and services. For more information, visit www.wizzardsoftware.com.

In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired MedivoxRx Technologies. Established in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear critical information on dosage amounts and refill parameters. Additional information on MedivoxRx can be found at www.rxtalks.com.

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Source: Business Wire

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