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Wizzard Software Expands Distribution Agreement With IBM for IBM ViaVoice(R) Developer Offerings to Include Asia Pacific Region

Posted on: Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 18:00 CST

Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that the IBM ViaVoice(R) OEM Distribution agreement presently in place between Wizzard and IBM (NYSE:IBM) has been substantially expanded to include the Asia Pacific region, making this a worldwide market for Wizzard.

Under these expanded terms, Wizzard will now offer ViaVoice speech recognition and Text-To-Speech Software Developer Kits (SDKs) and associated runtimes to a substantial market, comprised of many Asia Pacific countries where speech technologies are emerging, such as China, Japan, and Australia. Wizzard will also continue to be the channel for IBM ViaVoice SDKs and distributable runtime packages to developers in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

A substantial number of languages are available from Wizzard, including: US English; UK English; French; French Canadian; German; Italian; Danish; Finnish; Norwegian; Swedish; Spanish; Mexican Spanish; Brazilian Portuguese; Japanese; Traditional Chinese; Simplified Chinese languages; and the newest addition of concatenative TTS in Japanese. To review the associated languages and their availability in speech recognition and/or TTS, please visit Wizzard's website at www.wizzardsoftware.com.

"With years of experience in licensing and support, Wizzard has established itself as a well-respected and successful supplier of IBM ViaVoice SDKs and runtimes to the developer communities in the American and European Markets," said Bruce Phifer, Wizzard General Manager of Technology and Services. "We are pleased that IBM's confidence in our results is enabling us to expand our sales focus worldwide."

IBM ViaVoice technology has been consistently successful in freeing users from dependence on the mouse, keyboard and stylus for many applications. IBM ViaVoice desktop software developer kits and runtimes leverage generations of IBM voice recognition research and accomplishment, and have been licensed by Wizzard's customers to use in a variety of applications, including dictation, transcription, and computer navigational systems, as well as ATMs and Assistive Application software. Wizzard's IBM offerings, including IBM ViaVoice SDKs and Runtimes, can be viewed at Wizzard's website, www.wizzardsoftware.com.

About IBM:

IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key business partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable companies to take full advantage of the on demand era. Please visit www.ibm.com on the World Wide Web.

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 lead to expanding speech technology opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors including several healthcare industry products and services.

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Source: Business Wire

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