"Fonix realizes that many users, particularly in the assistive
market, rely upon the familiar DECtalk TTS voices that they have
become accustomed to over the years," said Nawrocki.' This feature makes DECtalk 4., provides voice
technology solutions for mobile/wireless devices; interactive
videogames, toys and appliances; computer telephony systems; the
assistive market and automotive telematics systems.

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6.6.6.3 is available from Fonix for 30-day delivery."

What is an interactive speech-to-speech/multimodal translation system? It's
software (running on a Tablet PC, Laptop, etc.

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





Cepstral TTS voice demo


"Apple has always been at the forefront of interface design , and we are
pleased to announce that our latest voice technology integrates cleanly
into the core of Apple's operating system," said
Cepstral CEO and co-founder Kevin Lenzo.

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Fonix DECtalk currently supports the following OSs:

Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP

Windows CE 3.

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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(OTC BB: FNIX), an integrated
communications carrier providing telecommunications services and
value-added speech technologies, releases version 4.1 (or higher )

"By expanding the breadth of operating systems supported, Fonix
can better meet the needs of our customers and the demands of an
expanding market, thereby growing our customer base and revenues ,"
said Walt Nawrocki, senior VP and general manager, Fonix Speech.S.
For more information, visit www.fonix.com/dectalk, or call
801-553-6600 and say "Sales.

Statements released by Fonix 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. The company's
actual results could differ materially from those in such
forward-looking statements. "This day marks the presence of an affordable
commercial-grade TTS option for Mac users and provides human sounding
voices to education, entertainment, and assistive technologies based on the
Mac platform," said Lenzo.

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Fonix DECtalk Adds New Platforms and Languages; Fonix DECtalk 4.6.3 Offers 'Classic Voices' Important to Assistive Market



About Fonix

Fonix Corp. STI Founder and CEO Dr. I've tried the Cepstral TTS voices and I'm impressed!" said
RJ Sharp, President of Inquire4D.com).

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K.SpokenTranslation.2 release , Cepstral
voices integrate directly under the Apple Speech Manager, and are then
available to all applications and services that use TTS.

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languages (U.

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Business Editors/High-Tech Editors

SALT LAKE CITY----Fonix Speech, an
operating division of Fonix(R) Corp.SpeechTek.
(www.

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3 supports the widest array of hardware platforms and
operating systems on the market and offers nine voices and seven
languages. is an innovative communications and technology company
that provides integrated telecommunications services and value-added
speech technologies through Fonix Telecom Inc. 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 us to embrace speech technology, it must meet the expectations of our
imagination. The company will incorporate the new
Cepstral voices for use in their products.

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x/. and U. Additional languages will
become available in 2006.

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3 is based on DECtalk technology that has been
developed and refined over the past 20 years.2/2.3 adds the following OS compatibility to the already
supported OSs:

-- Mac OS 10 or higher

-- Symbian platforms 1 and 2 (Nokia Series 60)

-- Symbian UIQ 2.6.6. 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. 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.

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0 and 2. 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 .

The advanced
operating system has complete built-in support for speech technology, and
can take advantage of Cepstral's high quality, natural sounding voices.

The portfolio of Cepstral TTS voices and languages, ranging from small and
novelty voices to high quality desktop unit selection , is now Mac ready and
available for immediate download, trial, and purchase from the Cepstral
website (www.

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Fonix DECtalk is the
smallest footprint, full-featured, multi-language TTS in the industry .1

-- Linux V2.65 kernel

-- Palm OS V5

-- QNX version 6."

About Fonix Speech Group

Fonix Speech, an operating division of Fonix Corp.

Apple (AAPL) has built speech services directly into the OS X operating
system and user interface.

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Version 4. "Fonix DECtalk
4. The combination of interactive speech technology and integrated
telecommunications services allows Fonix to provide customers with
comprehensive cost-effective solutions to enhance and expand their
communications needs.

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

PRESS RELEASE Cepstral TTS Voices Released for Mac OS X

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3 allows developers to provide user access to the new, improved
synthesis TTS voices as well as the nine classic DECtalk voices circa
1993 , including 'Perfect Paul." 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. Integrated speech
technology allows vocalization of all types of menus, system alerts, web
browser, and text content anywhere without requiring a separate program.

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3 offers nine TTS
voices as well as the nine classic voices for each language (18 total
voices for each language). (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.com).

About Cepstral LLC

Cepstral is a speech technology company based in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, which
provides speech technologies and services for the spoken delivery of
information.

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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. Spoken Translation, Inc. Users can monitor and correct input and translation
errors for increased accuracy and confidence.

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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.cepstral.

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3 of its Fonix
DECtalk (TM) text-to-speech (TTS) technology.0/4.4

ARM 7/9, Intel XScale, TI OMAP, MIPS, Renesas SH3/4

Version 4.
Fonix DECtalk 4.
Spoken Translation, Inc.

About Spoken Translation , Inc.com) creates groundbreaking software systems for
real-time cross-lingual communication.

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The proprietary system automatically provides specially
controlled re-translations, or "back-translations ," of input sentences,
lending confidence that the translation says what you mean. "Our voices bring a new level of
consumer choice for voices on the Mac, with extremely high vocal quality. Cepstral: We Build Voices.

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English, Castilian and Latin American
Spanish, French and German) and also improves the naturalness and
intelligibility of German and Spanish. We build high quality, natural sounding voices for hand-held,
desktop, and server applications. 604

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Fonix DECtalk 4.NET/Windows Mobile 2003

Linux Kernels 2. DECtalk 4. With Cepstral's new 3.

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This new version
re-releases the "classic" DECtalk TTS voices many DECtalk users have
relied upon for years, offers a number of new features and supports
additional operating systems."

Fonix DECtalk TTS voices include:

-- Paul

-- Harry

-- Dennis

-- Frank

-- Betty

-- Ursula

-- Rita

-- Wendy

Fonix DECtalk 4. and The Fonix Speech
Group.

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6.6.3 even
more convenient for end users and more attractive to manufacturers. Investors are cautioned that
forward -looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that may
affect the company's business prospects and performance.
Cepstral LLC, a leader in high quality
Text-to-Speech (TTS), announced the release of its Swift Text-to-Speech
(TTS) software on Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

For more information about Text-to-Speech, or to schedule an interview with
Kevin Lenzo, please call Craig Campbell at 412-432-0400 Ext.

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