AVST to Host Second Annual Reseller Oasis in Las Vegas; Annual Event Aims to Educate the Channel and Executive-Level Business Leaders on the Unified Communications Marketplace and AVST's Product Offerings

Business Wire, May 2, 2006

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif. -- Building on its strong position in the unified communications marketplace by continuing to provide effective educational opportunities for resellers and business leaders, Applied Voice & Speech Technologies Inc. (AVST) today announced its annual reseller educational conference, the AVST Reseller Oasis 2006. The second-annual event will take place May 2-5, 2006 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

AVST, a leading provider of unified communications solutions, designed the Reseller Oasis event to educate its highly influential audience on its corporate roadmap and product offerings, as well as its marketing, sales and business development initiatives. The event will be attended by AVST's top resellers from around the world, along with a highly charged group of owners, principals and CEOs from a variety of businesses.

"Our continued dedication to providing our important reselling partners and potential customers with a variety of educational forums allow us to expose them to new ideas that ultimately help them better prepare themselves in developing their communications strategies," said AVST's Vice President of Marketing Denny Michael. "The AVST Oasis not only provides a forum for new ideas but also sets the agenda for the coming year so all those involved can take advantage of the upcoming programs."

The Reseller Oasis comes on the heels of the CallXpress(R) Success Seminar series, a one-day high-impact sales training program that spanned nine metropolitan cities in April. The CallXpress Success Seminar series was designed to help resellers accelerate revenue growth by making their sales teams proficient in selling AVST's products. The Reseller Oasis and CallXpress Success Seminars are examples of how AVST consistently demonstrates its commitment to growing and educating the channel.

Highlights of this year's Reseller Oasis include:

--  Industry Analyst Spotlight
        Bern Elliott, the industry's leading unified communications
        analyst from Gartner Inc., will discuss the global view of
        unified communications and how end-user companies are
        successfully using unified communications solutions.

    --  Industry Specific Case Studies
        AVST's President and CEO Hardy Myers will moderate panel
        discussions presenting two industry-specific
        problem/solution/success case studies. A Q&A will follow each
        presentation, promising an informative and dynamic exchange of
        ideas and real-world solutions to selling CallXpress.

    --  AVST Product Roadmap
        AVST will spotlight the 2006 product roadmap for reseller
        partners. This will give participants the opportunity to
        understand the development strategy behind new products and a
        roadmap to the future of unified communications.

    --  CallXpress Sales Development and Sales Management
        Axiom Sales Force Development(TM) will present their
        scientific approach for selling and managing sales
        performance.

    --  MIB Program
        AVST will host a "Marketing in a Box" session to discuss the
        proven results of successful marketing programs, using facts
        and figures to determine what programs are working for others.
        Additional coverage will include AVST media schedules, PR
        programs, installed base marketing programs and CRM
        strategies.

For more information or to register for this event, please visit AVST PartnerXpress at www.partnerxpress.com.

About AVST

Applied Voice & Speech Technologies Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of unified communications solutions for businesses of all sizes. Through its world-class unified communications platform, CallXpress(R), and its innovative speech applications module, Seneca(R), AVST offers the industry's most powerful suite of switch-independent unified communications solutions. AVST's solutions enable direct access to an enterprise's communications infrastructure including voice mail, e-mail and fax messaging from any voice or data device via a touch-tone, GUI or speech interface. Established in September 2003, AVST was formed from the combined businesses of Sound Advantage (established in 1997) and the AVT division (established in 1982) of Captaris Inc.

With headquarters in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in Seattle and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices across the United States. With over 35,000 systems installed worldwide, AVST's unified communications solutions are sold and supported internationally by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. For more information contact Denny Michael, VP of marketing, at 949-699-2300 or access the company's Web site at www.avst.com.