Foothill Ranch, Calif., January 10, 2007 – Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST), a leading provider of unified communications solutions, today announced it has expanded its global presence by adding Teltronics, Inc. (OTCBB: TELT) to its growing list of global reseller partners.  Teltronics now offers AVST’s line of advanced unified communications solutions including its flagship product, CallXpress.

A premier provider of communication solutions and services, Teltronics has added AVST’s CallXpress product line to its suite of IP and digital switching systems.  AVST’s CallXpress platform delivers world-class call processing, voice messaging, unified messaging and advanced speech applications and increases employee productivity, effectiveness and collaboration at a minimal investment.

“Our mission is to design, develop and support innovative communications solutions that enable our customers to excel,” said Richard Begando, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Teltronics.  “The market for unified communications solutions is steadily growing.  Our customers require implementations that are quick, and have minimal disruption to day-to-day business.  AVST’s technology meets these basic requirements and also offers a messaging platform that will grow Teltronics’ business and move into the future.”

With over 36 years of industry expertise, Teltronics has developed a complete range of communications platforms that include digital switching systems, contact center applications and proactive, remote voice and data monitoring products.  The addition of CallXpress to the digital switching line offers Teltronics’ customers with a suite of second-generation communications solutions that enable a business to move into the future while protecting the infrastructure that is already in place.

“As an independent provider of voice and data solutions we are uniquely positioned to upgrade any communications infrastructure to the latest technology with the lowest overhead and fastest implementation of any provider on the market,” said Mike Berlin, AVST’s Vice President of Sales and Business Development.  “We are excited about this partnership with Teltronics and look forward to working together as they introduce CallXpress to their worldwide customer base.”

With over 35,000 systems sold worldwide, CallXpress is recognized as one of the most flexible and economical solutions for the enterprise market.  CallXpress is ideal for a variety of voice and data convergence needs and can be uniquely tailored to fit businesses and organizations in a wide range of industries.

About Teltronics
Teltronics, Inc. is a leading global provider of communications solutions and services that help businesses excel. The Company manufactures IP and digital telephone switching systems and software for small-to-large size businesses, government, and 911 public safety communications centers.  Teltronics offers a full suite of Contact Center solutions -software, services and support – to help their clients satisfy customer interactions.  Teltronics also provides remote maintenance hardware and software solutions to help large organizations and regional telephone companies effectively monitor and maintain their voice and data networks. The Company serves as an electronic contract-manufacturing partner to customers in the U.S. and overseas. Further information regarding Teltronics can be found at their web site, www.teltronics.com.

About AVST
Applied Voice & Speech Technologies, Inc. (AVST) is a leading developer of Unified Communications solutions with over 15 million users relying on its products and services to maximize their productivity. With three decades of innovation excellence, AVST is solely focused on delivering communications solutions that increase individual, group and enterprise productivity. Its flagship Unified Communications platform, CallXpress®, offers best in class interoperability, scalability and resiliency while delivering advanced call processing, voicemail, unified messaging, personal assistant, fax, speech and notification capabilities. With CallXpress, an organization can uniquely protect and extend its existing IT and telephony infrastructure investments — now and into the future.

Headquartered in Orange County, Calif., AVST maintains facilities in Seattle, Wash. and the United Kingdom and has remote sales offices throughout the United States. AVST's Unified Communications solutions are sold and supported internationally by an extensive network of resellers and OEM partners. For more information contact Denny Michael, Vice President of Marketing, at 949-699-2300 or access the company's website at www.avst.com.