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By: cyberlexington
03 Sep 2003, 07:05 AM EDT
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NEWS!!!!!

Press Release Source: iVoice, Inc.

iVoice Speech Enables bConvergent's OpenVoice Soft-PBX
Wednesday September 3, 7:01 am ET
OpenVoice Now Includes Natural Language Auto-Attendant and IVR

MATAWAN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2003--iVoice, Inc. (OTCBB:IVOC - News), a leader in speech recognition technology today announced a major upgrade to bConvergent's OpenVoice(TM) software which enables users calling into an OpenVoice based IP telephone system to use natural language to simply "say the name" of the person, department or product they are looking for and have OpenVoice route the call using their spoken commands.
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OpenVoice(TM) is an open standard, voice-over-IP telephony software application which enables end-users to purchase and install telephones and gateways from multiple manufacturers and install them on a single network. Advanced telephony features which are included as standard "out-of-the-box" features in OpenVoice(TM) include inter-office calling via TCP/IP, unified messaging (integrated voicemail/email), find-me/follow-me calling, tele-worker support, disaster recovery and much more. bConvergent used iVoice's market leading speech-to-text technology to transform OpenVoice's voice-mail and auto-attendant system into a robust Unified Messaging Server with speech-enabled auto-attendants.

"We were already way ahead of other IP telephony solutions in terms of price and base features, but we wanted to go beyond the expectations of VoIP systems and offer advanced features that even Traditional PBXs don't have," noted bConvergent CEO, Joe Paiva. "With iVoice's speech-to-text technology embedded, OpenVoice(TM) now enables customers to implement advanced Unified Messaging and IVR systems including speech-enabled auto-attendants, read and hear emails and faxes, database connectivity, and many other things that would cost a fortune in the traditional telephony world."

"bConvergent has the type of application which is ideally suited to embed our iVoice speech-to-text technology," noted Jerry Mahoney, of iVoice. "This partnership allows bConvergent to focus their development resources on the continuous improvement of their core telephony applications and advance their competitive lead even further by leveraging iVoice's unique technology to create more features and functions that competitive, traditional PBXs just can't match."

OpenVoice(TM) can be economically implemented for as few as a dozen or as many as several thousand workers. Unlike technically complex IP systems from proprietary hardware manufacturers that often require a great deal of on-site configuration, OpenVoice(TM) can be installed easily with minimal experience or training.

About iVoice, Inc.

iVoice, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets innovative voice and computer telephony communications systems for businesses and corporate departments. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) products developed by iVoice allow information in PC databases to be accessed via voice or from a standard touch-tone telephone. The products are designed to be simple for the end user and provide a cohesive system to access messaging systems.

About bConvergent, Inc.

bConvergent's award winning OpenVoice(TM) software provides single small offices and large, multi-location enterprises with the first true hardware and carrier neutral replacement for proprietary hardware-based telephone systems. bConvergent's open standards-based software, OpenVoice(TM), provides robust PBX functionality at a fraction of the cost of traditional hardware-based systems and is compatible with phones from many different manufacturers including Quintum, Polycom, Cisco and others. bConvergent is a privately held company based in Rockville, MD. For more information, visit http://www.bConvergent.NET. bConvergent is headquartered at 9700 Great Seneca Highway, Rockville, MD 20850, and can be reached at 301-315-9300.

NOTE: Any statements that are not historical facts contained in this release are forward-looking statements. It is possible that the assumptions made by management for purposes of such statements may not materialize. Actual results may differ materially from those projected or implied in any forward-looking statements. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those relating to product demand, pricing, market acceptance, the effect of economic conditions, and intellectual property rights, and the outcome of competitive products, risks in product development, the results of financing effort, the ability to complete transactions, and other risks identified in this release, and the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

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Contact:
iVoice, Inc.
Dolores Serafin-Sloboda, 732-441-7700