Soar Technology Selects Wizzard Software for Speech Technologies; Voice Synthesis and Voice Recognition Capabilities for U.S. Special Operations Forces and the U.S. Army

Business Wire, May 5, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2004

Soar Technology, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent systems and intelligent software agents that generate human-like behavior, has signed an agreement with Wizzard Software to provide technologies licensed by Wizzard from IBM and AT&T that enable speech recognition and synthesis, for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center (AMRDEC) at Redstone Arsenal and U.S. Special Operations Forces PEO-STRI. The agreement provides for AT&T's Natural Voices text-to-speech software and IBM speech recognition software, both of which are licensed and supported by Wizzard Software Corporation (OTCBB:WIZD).

SoarTech's project for AMRDEC will allow a pilot in a simulator or a Battle Master running an experiment to interact with SoarTech's intelligent agents through voice. A combination of speech recognition and intelligent behaviors will allow the agents to "hear" and understand the human voice and respond appropriately. Similarly, a combination of text-to-speech software and intelligent behaviors will allow the agents to communicate with humans through the very natural sounding voice synthesis. The finished module, which will be integrated with MAK Technology's VR-Forces, will be called Helo-Soar and will provide the Army with intelligent synthetic rotary wing capabilities that can be used in conceptual and performance trade studies, as well as training and other analysis applications where man-in-the-loop simulations are used in conjunction with synthetic forces. This Phase II contract is sponsored through the U.S. Government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program.

In a second project for the U.S. Special Operations Forces PEO-STRI, a human Forward Air Controller trainee will be able to task and communicate with Soar Technology's TacAir-Soar intelligent agents through the same combination of software, i.e., intelligent behaviors, text-to-speech software and speech recognition software. TacAir-Soar is the largest production system in use today and provides pilot emulation capabilities for fixed wing aircraft such as the F-16, A-10, and B-52.

"We are very excited about both of these projects and I think our customers, the U.S. Army, and Special Operations Forces feel the same way. When we demonstrated our intelligent agents in conjunction with the software Wizzard provided us, they were impressed. In particular, the quality of AT&T's Natural Voices text-to-speech is leaps ahead of what was previously available. In fact, it's probably leaps ahead of anything else on the market right now." said Al Wallace, Program Manager for both projects and Chief Operating Officer for Soar Technology. "It was also a pleasure to work with Wizzard Software, especially Alan Costilo. I talked with Alan quite a bit to ensure that what we'd be delivering to the government would meet or exceed their expectations."

About Soar Technology, Inc.

Soar Technology, Inc. specializes in development of intelligent autonomous agent-based software for simulation environments, unmanned vehicles, and command and control. For military training, mission rehearsal and experimentation, SoarTech's computer generated forces (CGFs) provide high-fidelity, autonomous behaviors that increase realism and reduce cost. Once tasked with a mission, they plan their actions, coordinate their behaviors and react to new information according to appropriate doctrine and tactics, and without human supervision. They communicate and can be retasked through radio and voice commands. For more information, call 734-327-8000 or visit www.soartech.com.

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 PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors. More information can be found in Wizzard's Investor's Corner at www.wizzardsoftware.com.

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