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ads--yes, the reason was that there was an IBM ViaVoice connection with both Philips and One Voice; and coincidentally onev and phg were working together; but since it DOES NOT appear that e.digital is/has been working w/ IBM voice [per Collier at last yr's shareholder mtg]; it does not appear edig has any involvement

Philips, One Voice Form Alliance--July / August 2000
One Voice Technologies, a leader in human interface technologies for PCs, wireless devices and the Internet, and Philips Speech Processing recently announced a global strategic alliance to work together on customization, integration and joint customer projects as well as the global licensing and co-marketing of advanced speech-enabled applications.

One Voice's soon-to-be-released product family called Intelligent Voice Animated Navigator (IVAN) will incorporate Philips speech recognition technology in 16 languages for PC, wireless and consumer electronic devices worldwide.

One Voice produces an interface technology engine based on artificial intelligence, expert systems and natural language processing called Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology (IVIT). As a result, people can speak naturally to their computers as if they were speaking to a friend to easily search for and find information using advanced human interface technology. By using IVAN, consumers can speak their thoughts to browse and search the Internet through natural language dialogue and interaction.

"By adding advanced human interface technologies to consumer electronic devices, we will open the doors of usability to everyone," said Dean Weber, chairman and CEO of One Voice Technologies.

"Natural speech and dialogue capabilities represent the ideal user interface to easily access content specific information from the Internet, be it from PC platforms or any other consumer electronics device," said Cesar Vohringer, president and CEO of Philips Speech Processing.

For more information, contact Reba Rosenbluth at 858-552-4466 or [e-mail].
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IBM and Philips collaborate to speed up global growth of Speech Recognition Technologies
Somers, NY and Vienna, Austria -- May 6, 1999

IBM and Philips today announced the two companies will collaborate on the worldwide advancement of speech recognition technology. This research and development cooperative effort will enable IBM and Philips to bring the power of speech to new users quickly and efficiently as the demand for speech recognition products grows worldwide.

According to the initial agreement, both companies will have the opportunity to review and license technology and cooperate on language development that will accelerate the adoption of speech recognition into the marketplace. Also, Philips will license IBM's text-to-speech technology for use in future products.

"The worldwide market for speech recognition products is growing exponentially as the technology moves beyond the desktop and into the enterprise," said W. S. "Ozzie" Osborne, general manager for IBM Speech Systems. "By working with Philips we can bring solutions to market faster, while collaborating on standards for the next generation of speech-enabled technologies."

"Our strategic relationship with IBM allows us to share technical resources and language resource development expertise to expand our global speech recognition offerings," said Ron van den Bos, president and CEO of Philips Speech Processing. "Speech recognition is not only a compelling solution for the personal computer industry, but also for other leading Philips brand categories such as mobile computing, telecommunications and consumer electronics."

According to industry analysts, speech recognition technology is one of top technology trends to watch in the next two to five years. "Speech recognition will drive innovation in user interfaces over the next decade. The Philips-IBM strategic relationship will accelerate market growth by making it easier to launch truly international products," William Meisel, President, TMA Associates, a speech industry consulting firm."

IBM Speech Systems

IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition technology is based on more than 30 years of speech recognition, user interface and human-to-computer interaction research and development. With an established R&D business worldwide and more than 100 patents in the area of speech recognition, speech synthesis, identification and natural language understanding, the company continues to set the direction for consumer and business applications. The company was one of the first to offer consumer speech recognition software, and as a result has established a reputation as the worldwide leader in continuous, natural language command speech software. IBM ViaVoice software is available in eight languages and sold in more countries than any other speech recognition software product.

As a pioneer in speech recognition, the company is focused on developing and supporting open standards that help accelerate the creation of content, servers and browsers that allow speech recognition technology to be easily integrated into voice, data and applications infrastructures. IBM is a member of a variety of industry efforts including VoiceTIMES, VXML, W3C and Java Technology Consortiums.

"For more information about IBM Speech Systems, visit the World Wide Web at http://www.ibm.com/software/speech/

About Philips

Philips Speech Processing is a pioneer and one of the global market leaders in speech recognition, natural dialogue and language understanding technologies. A developer of voice enabled telephony applications, Philips has a large installed base of speech recognition and natural dialogue systems in Europe and is a major speech technology provider in North America. Its natural dialogue platform SpeechMania and SpeechPearl speech recognition engines are used for banking, travel, auto attendants speech portals and white and yellow pages automation.

Philips has more than 40 years experience in the development and marketing of speech products and developed the first commercially available PC based natural, continuous speech recognition engine for speech to text applications in 1993. Philips' line of end user software (FreeSpeech 98 and FreeSpeech 2000 for SoHo and consumer markets, and SpeechPro for the professional dictation users) is available in 16 languages and its VoCon speech recognizer for embedded systems has been successfully integrated in consumer electronics products and devices.

Philips has set up SpeechSolutions Design Centres around the globe, supporting R&D and the establishment of industry standards, and is a member in various standardization bodies such as ECTF, SAPI, HAVi, HomeAPI, VXML, W3C and VoiceTIMES. Internet: www.speech.philips.com

Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of over $33.9 billion in 1998. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, color picture tubes for televisions and monitors and one-chip TV products.

Its 256,000 employees, in more than 60 countries, are active in the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components, semiconductors, medical systems, business electronics, and IT services (Origin). Philips is quoted on the NYSE (PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. Internet:www.news.philips.com.
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ONE VOICE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH IBM

World's First Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology™ (IVIT); Utilizes Industry-Leading ViaVoice by IBM.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - October 14, 1999 - One Voice Technologies, Inc., "One Voice," (OTC BB: ONEVE), developers of IVIT(tm) (Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology(tm)), today announced a strategic relationship with IBM( (NYSE: IBM).

One Voice's patent pending IVIT provides a layer of Artificial Intelligence that understands advanced linguistic concepts such as topic, subject and synonym. As a result, people can speak naturally to their computers, rather than being forced to speak pre-defined words and phrases. With IVIT, people simply ask their computer to launch applications, open files, search the Internet, pull up a stock portfolio, check weather listings or find current news - just as if they were speaking to another person. IVIT speaks back to users through a series of unique animated characters, which ask intelligent questions and read findings aloud. Through intelligent interactive dialogue and inference capabilities, IVIT asks questions to clarify users' requests and drills down to quickly find accurate information. One Voice's IVIT technology is the foundation for the company's upcoming IVAN' (Intelligent Voice Animated Navigator') application.

Utilizing IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition engine, One Voice's IVAN application will change the way people interact with their computers and the Internet. As part of the IBM Speech Product Line, the ViaVoice engine is a demand-generating enhancement of choice for speech recognition technology companies. According to One Voice Technologies Chairman and CEO, Dean Weber, the integration of IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition engine and One Voice's upcoming IVAN( application will forever change the way people interact with their computers and the Internet. "By adding a layer of Artificial Intelligence to IBM's powerful speech recognition technology, One Voice's IVIT enhances and simplifies computer and Internet interaction," said Mr. Weber. "We are pleased to work closely with IBM, a leader in speech recognition, to bring our exciting, fun and easy-to-use interface to millions of people around the world."

"IBM looks forward to working together with One Voice Technologies to reach our common goal to advance the adoption of speech recognition technologies and to provide voice recognition solutions that will make it easier for people to interact with their computers," says Ozzie Osborne, General Manager, IBM Speech and Pen Systems.

About IBM

IBM speech recognition technology is based on 30 years of speech recognition research and development. With a portfolio of more than one hundred patents, an established R&D business that includes researchers worldwide and a robust, proven speech technology available in many languages, IBM is a leader in speech recognition. For more information about IBM Speech Systems, visit the World Wide Web at http://www.software.ibm.com/speech.

About One Voice Technologies, Inc.