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(PR NEWSWIRE) Fonix VoiceAlert(TM) Now Available for Microsoft PocketPC Devic
Fonix VoiceAlert(TM) Now Available for Microsoft PocketPC Devices

Direct Integration with Microsoft Calendar, and Efficient User Interface
Provide Better, Easier Access to Program's Functions

Hear Your Appointments Spoken Aloud

SALT LAKE CITY, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fonix(R) Corporation
(OTC Bulletin Board: FONX), a leading provider of natural-user interface
technology and voice solutions for wireless and mobile devices, Internet and
telephony systems, and vehicle telematics, today released Fonix
VoiceAlert(TM), a program that intelligently manages and organizes all
upcoming appointments in a Microsoft(R) Pocket PC(R)-operated device, and
reads appointments aloud using exceptionally high-quality Fonix Text-To-Speech
(TTS) voices. Fonix VoiceAlert, a new release and upgrade of the world-class
scheduling assistant formerly known as TimeTalk Alert, has a new user
interface and several new features.
"Fonix VoiceAlert, a simple yet powerful and productive PDA scheduling
solution that -- provides practical speech options -- and separates the
product from conventional calendar and task applications," said Kirk Feller,
GM and VP Consumer Applications Group for Fonix Corporation. "All of the
features, functions, and tools previously found in TimeTalk Alert, including
graphical screens and high-quality speech, are still there with the added
benefit to make notification of appointments and tasks easier and less
distracting for people on the go."
Fonix VoiceAlert retains all of the features and functionalities that made
its predecessor a productive and valuable assistant for users of Pocket PCs,
and now it provides direct integration with the Microsoft(R) Calendar, which
allows users to hear up to three months of calendar items. Users now have
access to all of the program's functions through an icon that sits in the
Windows(R) system tray on the Today Screen. This gives users the ability to
restore the application interface and have access to program functions such as
"Say Next Alert," "Say Events," "Say Tasks," go to the "Options" menu, display
the "Clock," preview the "Alert Window," "Mute," and "Exit" the application.
In addition, a scroll bar will appear in the Alert screen if more than one
event has transpired since the last time the Alert window was cleared. A
number will also appear, indicating the active calendar alert and the total
number of past alerts, enabling users to easily view and listen to each past
event.
Fonix VoiceAlert facilitates time management by automatically retrieving
information entered into the calendar, tasks, and "to do" lists of the Pocket
PC and speaking details aloud as an individual event time approaches. With
various skins available for the interface, and alert chimes and voices that
are highly customizable on an appointment-by-appointment basis, Fonix
VoiceAlert can be tailored to suit any individual user requirements. The user
can even disable the alert chime when in a meeting or other important event,
so as not to interrupt, but still have the appointment or task pop up on the
screen.
Fonix VoiceAlert will be available for download from the Fonix website
( www.fonix.com ) on May 20, and will be available for purchase at retail
outlets nationwide on June 1, for only $29.95. For more information about
Fonix Corporation, call [phone].

About Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FONX) is a leading provider of
natural-user interface technology solutions for wireless and mobile devices,
Internet and telephony systems, and vehicle telematics. Leading chip
manufacturers, independent software and hardware vendors, and Internet content
and service providers incorporate Fonix technology to provide their customers
with an easier and more convenient user experience. Fonix products, including
Text-To-Speech (TTS), Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), and Handwriting
Recognition (HWR), provide the most natural communication solutions available.

Investor Information: Michelle Aamodt [phone], [e-mail].

Note: The statements released by Fonix Corporation that are not purely
historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements regarding the Company's expectations, hopes, intentions, and
strategies for the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the Company's
business prospects and performance. It is important to note that the Company's
actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking
statements. Risk factors include general economic, competitive, governmental,
and technological factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC
on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility
to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.

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SOURCE Fonix Corporation
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/CONTACT: Julie Podgorny, [phone], x276, [e-mail], for
Fonix Corporation; or Whitney Seamons of Fonix Corporation, [phone],
[e-mail]/
/Web site: http://www.fonix.com /
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