Speech Driven Assistant for TeleVantage Honored for Outstanding Innovation

San Diego, Ca Jan 6, 2006

LumenVox, an innovator of speech recognition technology, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC ®)'s Internet Telephony ® magazine ( www.itmag.com ) has named the Speech Driven Assistant as a recipient of the 2005 Product of the Year Award. Internet Telephony has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998™.

The Speech Driven Assistant, for Vertical's TeleVantage IP-PBX, is a complete turnkey solution. The Assistant speech-enables the call router, outbound dialing to contact lists, voicemail, IVR's and emails, providing all callers hands-free phone interactions. "We are pleased that the Speech Driven Assistant has won the Product of the Year award and feel its value growing within the speech marketplace and, most importantly, with Vertical users," said Ed Miller, President of LumenVox. The Speech Driven Assistant also allows for alternate names, nicknames, and various spellings and pronunciations to be recognized.

"Each year Internet Telephony magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. LumenVox has demonstrated to the editors of Internet Telephony that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Internet Telephony.

The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of Internet Telephony magazine.

Press Contact

Laura Kennedy
Director of Communications
(877) 977-0707 - Just say "Laura"
Email: laura@lumenvox.com

About TMC

Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC ®) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions ® and INTERNET TELEPHONY ® magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP™, Speech-World™, VoIP Developer™, WiFI Telephony™, WiMAX™, Alternative Power™ and BiometriTech™. TMC ® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC ® Labs. TMC ® produces INTERNET TELEPHONY ® Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details.

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