DICTAPHONE® AND VIANIX ANNOUNCE SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT

San Diego, CA-February 10, 2003-Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2003 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition--Dictaphone Corporation Healthcare Solutions Group and Vianix, a leading edge voice compression technology company, today announced a multi-year software licensing agreement. Will Enhance Speed And Performance In Managing Voice Files Over the Network/Internet for Users of Dictaphones Speech Recognition Technology.

San Diego, CA-February 10, 2003-Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, 2003 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition--Dictaphone Corporation Healthcare Solutions Group and Vianix, a leading edge voice compression technology company, today announced a multi-year software licensing agreement. This technology when used within Dictaphones speech recognition and technology will significantly speed the exchange of digital voice files over the network and Internet. This will significantly enhance users experiences interacting with these systems via Physician workstations and mobile dictation devices in a client-server environment, while significantly reducing storage and networking requirements.

Vianixs Managed Audio Sound Compression (MASC) Technology offers extremely high compression levels for storing and transmitting digital voice data while retaining a level of quality that is lost when using existing techniques.

Current digital voice recording technologies require higher amounts of memory to store voice of acceptable quality. MASC drastically reduces the memory requirements while maintaining voice high quality levels needed for speech recognition. Vianixs MASC Technology encodes voice using approximately 4,700 bits, opposed to 64,000 bits per second of recording time typically needed to achieve recognition quality" audio. This compression capability results in 13 times less data while maintaining toll grade" voice quality. Vianix indicates that no other technology today can match MASCs voice quality at such low data rates or provide comparable cost and bandwidth savings.

MASC has attracted interest for a wide variety of applications such as voice data storage, telephony, voice-over-IP, and internet-based audio streaming.

Vianixs compression MASC Technology will speed the performance of Dictaphone systems, as we increasingly are exchanging voice files between our systems and a variety of user workstation and mobile devises over the network and Internet," said Don Fallati, senior vice president, marketing & strategic planning, Dictaphone Corporation. This will make it easier to move voice across the enterprise and to remote workers, while significantly reducing storage and networking requirements."

Reza Hashampour, President and CEO of Vianix, said this agreement will enable Vianix, through its MASC technology, to bring significant efficiency gains to Dictaphones nationwide communications network and represents the beginning of a strong relationship for Vianix".

About Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions Group
Dictaphone currently deploys dictation, transcription and report management system solutions in some of the worlds premier healthcare organizations. Its solutions automate and integrate critical elements in the creation and management of health information, helping healthcare organizations to improve productivity and the quality of patient care. Dictaphones flagship Enterprise Expressâ dictation, transcription and report management system is an integral part of the creation and flow of patient information in a substantial number of U.S. hospitals. It currently supports several hundred thousand physicians who use Dictaphone systems to generate an estimated two million reports a day. Dictaphone is also actively deploying its EXSpeechä and PowerScribeâ speech recognition solutions, designed to dramatically reduce transcription costs and speed report turnaround. Dictaphone has also introduced the ichartä family of Internet subscription-based applications services provider (ASP) solutions that offer dictation, transcription, and speech recognition access, as well as the ability to integrate existing systems with new coding, natural language and data mining technologies, which can significantly reduce the costs of managing patient information. For sales and product information visit Dictaphone at www.dictaphone.com or call 1-888-350-4836.

Dictaphone Corporate Contact--Don Fallati - Senior Vice President Marketing & Strategic Planning,
Dictaphone Corporation (203) 381 7218, don.fallati@dictaphone.com.

About Vianix   
Vianix is a leading voice compression technology company headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Vianix has developed MASC Technology, a patent-pending scalable voice compression technology that provides users with the most memory-efficient high-quality voice compression available.
For additional information please call Ed Prokop (ep@Vianix.com) 757-321-9971 or visit our website at http://www.vianix.com.

Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements are based on Dictaphones current expectations and estimates as to prospective events and circumstances that may or may not be in Dictaphones control and as to which there can be no firm assurances given. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and there can be no assurance that any of these forward-looking statements may prove to be correct and actual results may differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad, the ability to complete and deliver products and services within currently estimated time frames and budgets, the ability to effectively manage diverse and geographically dispersed operations, difficulties with integrating product plans, schedules and resources, potential that the information and estimates used to predict future performance were not accurate, market acceptance of Dictaphones products, competitive products, pricing pressures, and other risks. Dictaphone disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.