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Belgravium and Voxware Announce Partnership to Expand Voice-Driven Logistics Solutions; Voxware's VoxBrowser(TM) Certified to Run on Belgravium Atlanta 8000 Series Mobile Computers to Reduce Warehouse Operating Costs

Posted on: Friday, 19 May 2006, 12:09 CDT

Voxware, Inc. (Nasdaq: VOXW), a leading supplier of voice-driven logistics solutions, and Belgravium Ltd., a leading manufacturer of rugged mobile computers, today announced that Belgravium Atlanta 8000 Series handheld wireless computers have been certified to run Voxware's VoiceXML browser, VoxBrowser(TM).

"There has been increasing demand amongst both Belgravium partners and customers for voice-driven solutions," stated Mark Hardy, Managing Director of Belgravium. "Belgravium is keen to satisfy that customer need and has deliberately opted for the Voxware solution because of its open systems architecture and industry-leading speech recognition capabilities. Voxware's VoxBrowser, a standards-based software solution, offers our clients a superior development platform for voice applications that will run on our Atlanta Series. The voice solution can be integrated with any warehouse management or ERP software package."

Voice-based solutions significantly reduce cost in the warehouse by enabling workers to perform a wide array of logistics tasks - such as picking, receiving, put-away, replenishment, and loading - in a more efficient hands-free, heads-up manner and with greater accuracy. With VoxBrowser, Belgravium can offer voice solutions based on a fully-featured Atlanta Series mobile terminal, allowing end users to combine voice-enabled activities with traditional barcode and RFID scanning methods, enhancing value and lowering total cost of ownership.

Voxware CEO Tom Drury said, "We are delighted that Belgravium has certified our VoxBrowser software on Belgravium's Atlanta Series computers. Voxware has proven the value of voice in enhancing logistics operations. Together with Belgravium, a company with a solid logistics and warehousing customer base across Europe, we can help grow the market for voice-driven warehouse applications."

Drury continued, "We are now pursuing our strategy of revolutionizing the delivery of voice solutions by offering software, including VoxBrowser, directly to logistics solutions providers to enable them to extend the value of voice to a wider variety of devices and applications. Belgravium, with several decades of implementing innovative wireless warehousing solutions, was a natural partner to help us fulfill our strategic vision. Our partnership with Belgravium will expand the depth and breadth of voice-driven logistics solutions available to logistics professionals today, which in turn will lower total cost of ownership and increase return on investment."

VoxBrowser software for the Atlanta Series has been tested in both the Voxware and Belgravium development laboratories to ensure complete interoperability. Deliverable solutions are available with immediate effect. Belgravium is currently evaluating the extension of voice recognition capability to other units within its mobile computing range.

About VoxBrowser

VoxBrowser is open, VoiceXML and browser-based client software designed to run on any Windows CE mobile computer configured for logistics voice solutions. With VoxBrowser, logistics solution providers can easily add voice capabilities to any voice compatible wireless computer, greatly expanding the application of proven voice benefits across logistics and warehouse automation. VoxBrowser's openness and accessibility to a wide and growing range of mobile computers and warehouse automation solutions serves to lower total cost of ownership, while bringing the accuracy and productivity benefits of voice farther into the warehouse. VoxBrowser is available with Voxware's VoxManager(TM) web-based site administration tool for powerfully managing voice-enabled mobile computers and workers. VoxBrowser includes both the industry leading Voxware Integrated Speech Engine (VISE(TM)), designed for all industrial environments including high-noise, and the industry leading text-to-speech (TTS) engines.

About Belgravium

Belgravium Ltd. is a computer design and manufacturing company, specializing in the mobile computing and wireless data communication market areas. The company was formed in 1982 and has grown to become widely acknowledged as a leading supplier of industrial mobile computing equipment for use in a wide variety of application sectors including warehousing, logistics, field service and proof of delivery.

Belgravium is part of the Belgravium Technologies Plc group. The company has offices in Bradford, Leicester and London. Additional information about Belgravium Ltd can be found at www.belgravium.com.

About Voxware

Voxware, Inc. (Nasdaq: VOXW), provides voice-driven logistics solutions that optimize the full spectrum of warehouse operations for greater accuracy, productivity and flexibility in supply chain execution.

Voxware's corporate headquarters are in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, with operating offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United Kingdom and France. Additional information about Voxware can be obtained at http://www.voxware.com.

This news release contains forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain factors that may cause Voxware's plans to differ or results to vary from those expected including the risks associated with Voxware's need to introduce new and enhanced products and services in order to increase market penetration and the risk of obsolescence of its products and services due to technological change; Voxware's need to attract and retain key management and other personnel with experience in providing integrated voice-based solutions for e-logistics, specializing in the supply chain sector; the potential for substantial fluctuations in Voxware's results of operations; competition from others; Voxware's evolving distribution strategy and dependence on its distribution channels; the potential that speech products will not be widely accepted; Voxware's need for additional capital; and a variety of risks set forth from time to time in Voxware's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Voxware undertakes no obligation to publicly release results of any of these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unexpected results.

Source: Business Wire

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