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AT&T Natural Voices for Apple Mac OS v.10.4 Tiger Now Available from Wizzard Software

Business Wire, July 13, 2005

PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) announced today that AT&T Natural Voices for Apple Mac OS v.10.3 Panther and v.10.4 Tiger is now available for purchase in English, French, German and Spanish. Wizzard's offering for Mac OS X is being offered to application developers so that they may seamlessly incorporate Text-To-Speech into a variety of Mac applications. Text-To Speech is beneficial in a number of vertical markets including accessibility, business automation, security systems and education.

Named "Technology of the Year" in 2002 by Frost & Sullivan, a global leader in international consulting and training on emerging high technology and industrial markets, AT&T's Natural Voices product line is widely considered to be one of the most human-sounding speech synthesis systems in the world. AT&T Natural Voices offers "plug-and-play" language support and doesn't require different engines for each language. The AT&T technology also provides exceptionally high channel density.

"We are excited to be able to provide Apple developers with a product that has recently become very popular with Windows(R) and Linux developers," said Danielle Lewis, Marketing Director for Wizzard Software. "This TTS technology is conservatively priced and very valuable to many application categories including accessibility, interactive telephone systems, alert systems and other markets where a natural sounding speech engine is a necessity. We are pleased to invite Windows, Linux and especially Apple developers to visit our newly designed website at www.wizzardsoftware.com where they can review technical information and purchase this and other state-of-the-art speech technologies."

According to a statement released earlier this year, Apple Computer (NASDAQ:AAPL) reported their 2005 first quarterly revenue and net income as the highest in the history of their company, with 74% revenue growth. Apple shipped 1,046,000 Macintosh(R) units during this quarter, representing a 26% increase in CPU units over the year-ago quarter. According to US News and World Report, Macintosh owners buy 30% more software than their Windows counterparts. Further, Macintosh software comprises over 18% of all software sold according to the Software and Information Industry Association. In addition, the Software Publishers Association (SPA) estimates that 16 percent of computer users are on Macs.

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. 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. More information on Wizzard Software can be found on the Investor's Page at www.wizzardsoftware.com.

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Legal Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: "Forward-looking Statements" as defined in the Private Securities litigation Reform Act of 1995 may be included in this news release. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and may differ materially from actual future results or events. We disclaim any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. There are important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to risks associated with changes in general economic and business conditions, actions of our competitors, the extent to which we are able to develop new services and markets for our services, the time and expense involved in such development activities, the level of demand and market acceptance of our services, changes in our business strategies and acts of terror against the United States.

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