The addition of
seven new languages increases Zi's language portfolio to a total to
48 different language databases.
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Business Editors /Technology Editors

CANNES, France + CALGARY, Alberta----3GSM Congress

New Emerging Market Language Support Brings Predictive Text Input
to an Additional One Billion Plus Users

Zi Corporation (Nasdaq:ZICA) (TSX:ZIC), a leading provider of
intelligent interface solutions, announced today that it has expanded
the language coverage of its predictive texting solutions. Behind the scenes, multiple technologies work together; speech
recognition, machine translation, text-to-speech, and STI's unique user
interfaces are tightly integrated with proprietary word and phrase
databases. Users can monitor and correct input and translation
errors for increased accuracy and confidence.

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For media interviews or tours at 3GSM please contact Brian Dolby
with GBCS PR on 07813 833464 or email brian@gbcspr . STI's
first vertical application of its Converser system, Converser for
Healthcare, allows people who don't speak the same language to hold
wide-ranging health-related conversations in real time , without a human
interpreter.

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An example is the pre-integration of its products into
all major operating systems and user interface solutions worldwide.

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"All living languages are in a constant state of flux,
with new words being created and existing words changing their
meanings all the time .

About Spoken Translation, Inc.

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com) is a technology company that
delivers intelligent interface solutions to enhance the user
experience of wireless and consumer technologies. STI Founder and CEO Dr.com) creates groundbreaking software systems for
real-time cross-lingual communication.

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Zi Corporation Extends the Global Reach of its Product Portfolio at 3GSM

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All 48 different
language databases are now available in Zi's new version 7 of eZiText
and version 3 of eZiTap software. Additional languages will
become available in 2006.

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A
publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq
National Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).

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These seven new languages, including
Bulgarian, Estonian, Farsi, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Urdu ,
will be showcased at the Zi stand (E21, Hall 2) at next week's 3GSM
Congress. Although any such
projections and the factors influencing them will likely change,
except to the extent required by law, Zi Corporation will not
necessarily update the information.

Zi, Decuma, eZiTap and eZiText are either trademarks or
registered trademarks of Zi Corporation.

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What is an interactive speech-to-speech/multimodal translation system? It's
software (running on a Tablet PC, Laptop, etc . The proprietary system automatically provides specially
controlled re-translations, or "back-translations ," of input sentences,
lending confidence that the translation says what you mean.

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For OEMs targeting
complex language markets, these modules can significantly reduce
engineering effort and time-to -market for development and deployment
of devices.

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"Zi is committed to not only introducing new languages but also
to enhancing the languages we currently support," said Glen Morgan,
senior vice president of global sales and marketing at Zi
Corporation. The company
provides device manufacturers and network operators with a full range
of intuitive and easy-to-use input solutions including: eZiText for
one-touch predictive text entry; eZiTap for intelligent multi-tap
entry, and Decuma for natural handwriting recognition. Such information speaks only as
of the date of this release. Mark
Seligman says, "Converser represents an exciting breakthrough for both the
speech and translation industries: multimodal interpreting systems can
improve communications not only for healthcare, but in customer service,
business-to-business, education, diplomacy, government activities, personal
relationships , and in many other areas.SpokenTranslation.

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Now more
than one billion people in the fast growing mobile markets of Eastern
Europe, the Middle East and India will soon have the ability to send
and receive text messages in their native language. It is a fully developed user interface that
manages the entire text input interface and display of eZiText and
eZiTap on the Series 60 Platform.SpeechTek . Its mission is to enable
wide-ranging conversations across language barriers by building intuitive
software solutions that combine automatic translation, speech recognition,
speech synthesis, and its own proprietary technology.

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The most recent example of this was the announcement of
pre-integration of eZiText into the Series 60 platform. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners." Robert Aiudi, STI's business
development and sales leader, adds, "While Converser cannot and should not
always replace human interpreters, the system does provide significant
value propositions , including reduced interpreting costs, 24/7
accessibility to interpreting services, protection of privacy, transcript
generation, and verifiability.
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More than 750 native speakers from 45
different countries were utilized in this latest major upgrade which
consumed more than 100,000 hours of development work.com).) with which you can speak
into a microphone in one language and then hear the computer pronounce a
translated version in another language -- a version you're confident is
accurate, since you've been able to monitor and correct its progress at
several stages. Converser also enables communication through multiple
modes of data entry: in addition to speech recognition , you can also use
handwriting recognition technology, touch-screen keyboards, or standard
keyboards . STI's flagship
product, Converser for Healthcare, is the world's first software system for
translation of
wide-ranging spoken, typed, or handwritten conversations between speakers
of English and Spanish .

For professional translation associations.

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Zi is also offering a Zi FEP for its eZiText and eZiTap products
to Series 60 licensees. Any projections in this release
are based on limited information currently available to Zi
Corporation, which is subject to change.

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Note to Editors

Full list of languages supported: Arabic, Bulgarian (NEW),
Chinese (PRC, HK + Taiwan), Croatian , Czech, Danish, Dutch, English
(British, Asian + American), Estonian (NEW), Farsi (NEW), Finnish ,
French (European + Canadian), German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi,
Hungarian, Indonesian, Icelandic (NEW), Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Latvian (NEW), Lithuanian (NEW), Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese
(European + Brazilian), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak,
Slovenian, Spanish (European + Latin American), Swedish, Tagalog,
Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu (NEW), Vietnamese

About Zi Corporation

Zi Corporation (www.

This release may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements ,
which are subject to the safe harbour provisions of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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And if speech
recognition or translation errors are found, they can be easily corrected
via unique Speech Cues and Meaning Cues technology.

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Complex
languages such as Arabic and Farsi are extremely difficult to display
accurately on the small form factor of a mobile phone . The solutions
dramatically improve the usability of mobile phones, PDAs, gaming
devices and set -top boxes-and the applications on them including SMS,
MMS, e-mail and Internet browsing.

Until now, there has been no simple, private, reliable, and inexpensive way
to initiate a cross-lingual conversation 24/7.

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In a further significant development, Zi has added Arabic-script
Ligature Modules to its predictive text input portfolio.
As part of the launch of its expanded language portfolio , Zi has
completed a major upgrade on all the languages currently offered
through its predictive text input product range.

PRESS RELEASE Spoken Translation Inc. to Unveil World's First System for Interactive Speech-to-Speech and Text-to-Speech Translation at SpeechTek 2005

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The process of adding new languages to the predictive text input
repertoire is part of Zi's ongoing efforts to meet the growing needs
of handset manufactures as well as technology partners to address new
growth markets around the world with truly localized texting
interfaces.

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These new
Modules will work in unison with Zi's eZiText(R) and eZiTap(TM)
products, ensuring that the display of text adhere to conventional
ligature combination and presentation rules.zicorp. Readers are
cautioned that these forward-looking statements are only predictions
and may differ materially from actual future events or results due to
a variety of factors, including: the growth trends in the input
technology industry; new product development; global economic
conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment;
financial and operating performance of Zi's OEM customers and
variations in their customer demand for products and services; the
ability to successfully acquire businesses and technologies and to
successfully integrate and operate these acquired businesses and
technologies; dependence on the introduction and market acceptance of
new product offerings and standards; rapid technological and market
change; matters affecting Zi Corporation's principal shareholder;
litigation involving patents, intellectual property, and other
matters; the ability to recruit and retain key personnel; Zi
Corporation's ability to manage financial risk; currency fluctuations
and other international factors; potential volatility in operating
results and other factors listed in Zi Corporation's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. (STI) will be
showcasing the world's first system for interactive speech -to-speech and
text-to-speech translation at SpeechTek 2005, August 1st through August
4th, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City (www.

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The Zi FEP functions within Series 60
applications that require or provision predictive text entry
including messaging (SMS and MMS), Web browsing, calendar, phone
book, notes and others. Zi supports its strategic partners
and customers from offices in Asia, Europe and North America. These
forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements
regarding future events and the future financial performance of Zi
Corporation that involve risks and uncertainties.