General Magic (fka GMGC)

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SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2002--

New Series Examines How Voice Self-Service Capabilities Can Solve Real
Business Problems Now; Follows Successful Webinar Series
on Critical IT and Software Development Issues

General Magic, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMGC), a pioneer in enterprise voice
infrastructure software, today announced a series of online Executive
Briefings on the business benefits of extending existing Web-based
enterprise infrastructure and applications to everyone with a
telephone. Aimed at business unit general managers and executives with
responsibility for anticipating and responding to demand for anytime,
anywhere access to services, the Webinar series will examine how voice
self-service capabilities can solve real business problems now,
reducing costs while increasing revenues, customer satisfaction, and
workforce productivity. The Executive Series presented by General
Magic executives and guest speakers from the industry will air monthly
beginning July 25, 2002.

"Customers, suppliers, partners and employees are demanding access
to business software applications and executives are under tremendous
competitive pressure to devise and implement programs to anticipate
and respond to those needs," said Kathie Layton, General Magic's CEO.

"These Executive Briefings will provide insight for the executives who
must develop the business initiatives that capitalize on voice user
interfaces."

The Executive Briefings are an extension of General Magic's
earlier "Voice Enabling the Enterprise" educational program, which
attracted more than 350 IT executives and developers. Conducted over a
five-week period in May and June of this year, the Webinar series
helped clarify how voice user interfaces can extend existing Web-based
enterprise infrastructure and applications over the telephone to
customers, suppliers, partners and employees.

Each Executive Briefing offers an interactive forum on how
integrated Web and voice self-service can be applied to solve real
business problems today. For more information or to register for any
of the General Magic Executive Briefings, please register online at
http://www.genmagic.com/solutions/execbriefings.shtml.

About General Magic

General Magic is a leading voice infrastructure software company
that provides enterprise-class software and supporting voice dialog
design and hosting services that enable companies to quickly and
efficiently provide anytime, anywhere access to information and
services over the telephone. General Magic's VoiceXML & J2EE(TM)-based
solutions enable enterprises to easily integrate voice access into
enterprise applications using a broad selection of speech recognition
technologies and telephony interfaces. These solutions make voice a
strategic tool in helping businesses improve the customer experience,
reduce transaction costs, and provide high quality, voice branded
access to content and services. General Magic is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif. For additional information, visit
www.generalmagic.com.