Audium Announces New Release of Audium 3 at SpeechTEK 2002; Joins Sun Microsystems to...

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2002

VoiceXML applications leader Audium today announced the general availability of Audium 3.1.

This new release of Audium 3 gives businesses more choices when deploying VoiceXML applications with support for the

Sun Solaris platform and the latest version of Nuance ASR. This release includes enhancements to Audium 3's advanced voice application platform including upgraded OA&M capabilities, additional Audium voice elements, and more shortcuts to reduce and even eliminate programming, making it simpler for customers to build, run, and manage voice applications in a VoiceXML environment.

Audium joins Sun Microsystems and speech recognition industry leader Nuance at SpeechTEK to demonstrate Audium 3 running on Solaris and discuss complete standards-based voice solutions with conference attendees. In addition to Audium's participation with Sun, members of Audium's management team will take part in a panel discussion titled "Speech Infrastructure: Optimizing Value" and lead a SpeechTEK Real Solutions Seminar with Audium customer Unified Dispatch.

"It's not just about VoiceXML. Businesses choosing Audium understand that application management, application OA&M, logging, analytics, plus support for multiple application servers and operating systems are required to successfully deploy voice applications," said Audium COO J. Cory Wright. "The release of Audium 3.1 gives customers this required business functionality and we are excited to join Sun to demonstrate our technology and discuss the benefits of standards-based IVR solutions at SpeechTEK."

"We are pleased to see Audium continue its strong support for Sun's technologies with the latest release of Audium 3," said Reza Nabavi, Sr. Market Development Manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Audium's support of the Solaris platform in the most recent release of its software is significant. It provides developers in this market with a leading development environment on Sun to create and deploy robust speech enabled applications on its Java technology-based platform."

Conference attendees should visit booth #317 to learn more about Audium. Customers not attending SpeechTEK should contact Audium directly at 877.AUDIUM.1 for more information.

About Audium:

New York City-based Audium creates VoiceXML server and voice application software that revolutionizes customer service IVR systems. Audium's core product, Audium 3, improves automated phone systems by providing a standards- based software solution that works seamlessly with existing enterprise applications and data. As a result, enterprises can replace traditional hardware-based IVR and create intelligent, personalized voice applications at reduced costs. Audium customers include eBay, Lehman Brothers, Comverse, Unified Dispatch, Computer Associates and Official Payments Corporation. As a co-founder of the SpeechOne Alliance (www.speechone.com) along with VoiceGenie and Voxeo, Audium delivers complete voice solutions to leading businesses across market sectors. For additional information, please visit www.audiumcorp.com.