ACULAB AND PRONEXUS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP

Pronexus, a leader in computer telephony (CT) software solutions and Aculab, a leading provider of enabling technology for the communications market, today announced a strategic alliance and joint marketing agreement.

Aculab and Pronexus announce partnership

VBVoice to enable rapid application development on Prosody platform

Singapore (CommunicAsia), Milton Keynes (UK) and Ottawa (Canada), June 18, 2002 -- Pronexus, a leader in computer telephony (CT) software solutions and Aculab, a leading provider of enabling technology for the communications market, today announced a strategic alliance and joint marketing agreement.

This strategic partnership culminates a joint research and development project between both companies. Developers will now be able to use Aculabs Prosody digital signal processing (DSP) resource platform and the Pronexus VBVoice application generator together.

VBVoice is a Windows-based Rapid Application Development (RAD) environment for building highly scalable and robust CT applications in Visual Basic. As one of the most comprehensive application generators on the market, the award-winning VBVoice allows corporate developers and integrators to rapidly deploy sophisticated text-to-speech, voice and speech solutions for a variety of markets.

The Aculab and Pronexus partnership will bring mutual benefits to both companies", says Chris Gravett, sales and marketing director at Aculab. Im excited that we can now satisfy the needs of developers worldwide who wish to take advantage of Aculabs technology and to use a proven application generator"

Aculabs Prosody platform will bring a number of advantages. Aculabs wide range of protocols and approvals allow the development of a single application for global deployment, opening up new channels and markets for Pronexus customers.

Prosody also presents choice in terms of the range of speech processing and data algorithms available, including support for Aculabs text-to-speech and automatic speech recognition and speech partners products including those of Nuance, SpeechWorks, and others.

For developers looking to deploy Aculab technology, this partnership will also afford them with a faster application development time for trial systems, with the end result being reduced time to market.
Chris Biber, director of marketing of Pronexus commented, I am delighted about this partnership. Pronexus and Aculab are both focused on providing developers with the best resources for the creation of sophisticated telephony and speech applications. This alliance creates a win-win situation for Aculab, Pronexus and our joint customers around the world that are now able to combine the offerings of two industry leaders in their development efforts."

About Aculab
Through a customer-focused approach to development, Aculab has produced a computer telephony (CT) product portfolio that satisfies the speech resource and global digital connectivity requirements of developers and system integrators. CT applications utilising Aculabs components can handle real-time telephony, through an extensive range of resources and signalling systems.

The evolution of Aculabs generic API, to provide a consistent programming interface, reduces the integration time of a combination of technologies including text-to-speech (TTS), automatic speech recognition (ASR), conferencing and fax. Collectively through supporting a broad range of industry standards and operating systems, Aculab can provide the products needed when quality and performance cannot be compromised.

Aculabs head office is located in Milton Keynes, UK with offices in North America, Germany and Australia. Website: www.aculab.com

About Pronexus
With nearly a decade of experience and more than 3000 clients and partners in over 110 countries around the world, Pronexus Inc. has established itself as a leader in Computer Telephony Integration for wired and wireless environments. The company is the developer of the award-winning VBVoice, a Rapid Application Development tool for building business-critical CT solutions. It also provides professional services for businesses requiring custom applications and develops OnCall, a line of turnkey CT business solutions. Comprehensive support services and acclaimed training complete the firms offerings. For more information on Pronexus please visit http://www.pronexus.com/, or call 877.766.3987 (in North America), or +1.613.271.8989 (Internationally).

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For more information contact:

Katie Chaplin    
Aculab   
Telephone: +44 (0) 1908 273 800   
Email: katie.chaplin@aculab.com
   
Chris Biber
Pronexus
Tel: +1 (613) 271 8989 xt.544
Email: chris.biber@pronexus.com

Tracey Williams
TWPR
Telephone: +44 (0) 1225 723237
Email: twpr@compuserve.com