Alston Tascom Set to Offer Speech Recognition Applications from LumenVox

Chino, CA and San Diego, CA (June 17, 2003)

Alston Tascom, Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end contact center solutions and telephone answering systems, announced today the selection of LumenVox's Speech Engine as the platform of choice for enhancing speech based applications.

Alston Tascom will be speech enabling their Tascom Evolution product. Tascom Evolution is a digital telephony switch with an advanced IVR and ACD, which also provides fully integrated voice mail and voice logging capabilities. Through the partnership with LumenVox, Alston Tascom will now offer their customers speech recognition.

Wayne Scaggs, CEO and President states, "By introducing Speech Recognition into our product line we will be able to take our already feature- rich Tascom Evolution product to the next level of sophistication that our customers have come to expect from us. With the functionality, ease of use, and phenomenal customer service of LumenVox's technology and people, our introduction of speech has been extremely rewarding."

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About Alston Tascom

Alston Tascom, Inc. offers an end-to-end contact center solution with the latest in digital telephony, based on 20-plus years of contact center deployment. Tascom Evolution is an end-to-end Contact Center solution powered by a unified Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), Voice Mail and Logging system with the industry's most robust SQL database. Alston Tascom's web software also empowers system access by clients and remote agents. Alston Tascom also offers hosted Interactive Voice Response services and Web-Based Appointment Scheduling services.

About LumenVox

LumenVox provides powerful, full-featured, and affordable speech recognition software together with a committed focus on excellent customer service. LumenVox recently released v8.0 of their entire product line, including their award-winning Speech Engine. New features include improved Voice Activity Detection, new support for Mexican and South American Spanish, Canadian French, and Australian/NZ and UK English, as well as updated SISR standard support. LumenVox can be reached at 877-977-0707 or at www.LumenVox.com