Wizzard Software Expands Relationship with IBM

PITTSBURGH, PA - Wizzard Software (OTCBB: WIZD) has signed a new agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) that expands their current relationship and positions Wizzard as the Sole OEM Distributor in North and South America for IBM's ViaVoice desktop speech recognition and text-to-speech runtime engines, as well as OEM Versions of the US English General Medical and General Legal Vocabularies. These specialized vocabularies can produce higher levels of recognition accuracy when used for dictating medical and legal documents. The agreement also allows Wizzard to distribute ViaVoice desktop runtime products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in a full complement of languages, including US English, UK English, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, French and German. Wizzard will promote the IBM ViaVoice branded runtimes in conjunction with their distribution of these products. IBM will maintain a web presence on the IBM ViaVoice site(s) to describe/promote the various programs and will refer customers to Wizzard's site for fulfillment of licenses, evaluation copies and technical support. "The combination of IBM's award-winning speech technology and Wizzard's expertise in speech-related services offers customers a one- stop shop in creating custom speech-enabled applications," said Toby Maners, Director, Retail Voice Segment, IBM Pervasive Computing. "We look forward to our continued relationship with Wizzard." Wizzard will market and sell these products to all market segments in conjunction with its award-winning Voice Tools product line. The products complement each other to provide a strong workbench for customers. Clients use Wizzard's Voice Tools along with IBM's runtime engines and vocabularies to create speech applications for numerous industries. "We now offer an expanded line of products that leverage the power and efficiency of speech technology to solve business problems and provide a solid return on investment," says Chris Spencer, CEO of Wizzard Software. "This is not just a business agreement, but a closer working relationship between two strong leaders in speech technology that provides advantage, opportunity, and results for our clients."